The Past Conditional

Use the past conditional to express an action that would have occurred in the past

Formed with a conditionnel form of avoir or etre and the past participle of the main verb

Past conditional aimer + [infinitive] = would have like to

Past conditional devoir + [infinitive] = should have

Past conditional pouvoir + [infinitive] = could have

Past conditional vouloir + [infinitive] = would have liked to

Conditionnel/past conditional with the expression au cas où (in case)

• Prends ton portable au cas où le train arriverait en retard

Past conditional can act as a future perfect in the past, describing events that were to have happened in a later point