knowt logo

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

Faire

Partir

Se lever

je

aurais fait

serais parti(e)

me serais levé(e)

tu

aurais fait

serais parti(e)

te serais levé(e)

il/elle

aurait fait

serait parti(e)

se serait levé(e)

nous

aurions fait

serions parti(e)s

nous serions levé(e)s

vous

auriez fait

seriez parti(e)(s)

vous seriez levé(e)(s)

ils/elles

auraient fait

seraient parti(e)s

se seraient levé(e)s

  • 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

JM

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

Faire

Partir

Se lever

je

aurais fait

serais parti(e)

me serais levé(e)

tu

aurais fait

serais parti(e)

te serais levé(e)

il/elle

aurait fait

serait parti(e)

se serait levé(e)

nous

aurions fait

serions parti(e)s

nous serions levé(e)s

vous

auriez fait

seriez parti(e)(s)

vous seriez levé(e)(s)

ils/elles

auraient fait

seraient parti(e)s

se seraient levé(e)s

  • 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