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French/Grammar/Tenses/Past subjunctive
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Usage of the Past Subjunctive
Formation of the Past Subjunctive
The past subjunctive is a compound tense- it consists of two verbs, the auxiliary verb and the past participle one seeks to use in this tense.
The auxiliary verb is conjugated as if it were being used in the present subjunctive.
The past participle is added immediately after the auxiliary verb.
A negative structure such as ne ... pas is always placed around the auxiliary verb, not the past participle.
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