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 | |
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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
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