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Le Subjonctif Passé follows the same structure as other compound tenses:
1- Auxiliary (avoir or être) in Le Subjonctif Présent
2- Past participle of the conjugated verb
Learn how to conjugate verbs in Le Subjonctif Passé in French:
Je suis satisfait bien que je n'aie pas fini à temps.I'm satisfied even though I didn't finish on time.
Nous voulons que tu aies rangé ta chambre avant ce soir.We want you to have tidied up your room before tonight.
And here are some examples with être:
Il faut que je sois parti d'ici neuf heures.I have to have left by nine. I need to have left by nine.
J'ai attendu qu'il soit monté dans le train pour partir.I waited after he got on the train to leave.
The rules of agreement are the same as with other compound tenses.
See also Conjugate être in the subjunctive present in French (Le Subjonctif Présent) and Conjugate avoir in the subjunctive present in French (Le Subjonctif Présent)
GRAMMAR JARGON:
Note that there is an Imparfait and a Plus-que-Parfait in Le Subjonctif, but both are very archaic tenses.
To speak in the past tense, Le Subjonctif Passé is the tense you use.
To speak in the past tense, Le Subjonctif Passé is the tense you use.
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