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Conditionnel Passé / Conditional Past - j'aurais fait

(Repetition)

The Conditionnel Présent / Conditional Present corresponds to the English Conditional Present (would ...).

- Politeness
- Wishes
- Conditional Clauses (if ...)

Usage	French	English
Politeness	Tu pourais m’aider?	Could you help me?
Wish	J’aimerais bien acheter une voiture.	I would like to buy a car.
Conditional Clauses (if / si)	Si j’avais une voiture je ne prendrais plus le bus.	If I had a car, I wouldn’t take the bus anymore.

Conditionnel Passé / Conditional Past - Formation:

The Conditionnel Passé / Past Conditional is the past of the Conditionnel Présent / Conditional Present. It describes a state or an action, that are irreal and finished. Regarding the time it is already to late for it.

Examples:

	French	English
Declarative Sentence	Il aurait travaillé.	He would have worked.
Negative Declarative Sentence	Il n’aurait pas travaillé.	He wouldn’t have worked.
Question	Est-ce qu’il aurait travaillé?	Would he have worked?

Form:

The Conditionnel Passé / Past Conditional constists of a form of “avoir” - to have - (unmoved) or “être” - to be - (moved) and the Participe Passé / Past Participle.

Forms of the Auxiliary Verbs (Conditionnel Présent / Conditional Present):

avoir - to have

French	English
j’aurais	I would have
tu aurais	you would have
il / elle / on aurait	he / she / it would have
nous aurions	we would have
vous auriez	you would have
ils / elles auraient	they would have

être - to be

French	English
je serais	I would be
tu serais	you would be
il / elle / on serait	he / she / it would be
nous serions	we would be
vous seriez	you would be
ils / elles seraient	they would be

The Participe Passé / Past Participle is the second part of the Past Conditional

List of some important verbs, that form the Past Conditional with “être” - to be:

Infinitive	Participe Passé / Past Participle	English
aller	allé	to go
arriver	arrivé	to arrive
descendre	descendu	to go down
devenir	devenu	to become
entrer	entré	to enter
monter	monté	to rise / to climb, to get in / on
mourir	mort	to die
naître	né	to be born
partir	parti	to leave
rentrer	rentré	to come back
rester	resté	to stay
retourner	retourné	to come back
revenir	revenu	to come back
sortir	sorti	to go out
tomber	tombé	to fall
venir	venu	to come

Reflexive Verben im Conditionnel Passé

Reflexive verbs use the auxiliary verb "être" to form the Conditionnel Passé / Past Conditional.

Example:

Demain j’aurais peut-être déjà oublié les problèmes d’aujourd’hui. - Maybe tomorrow I will already have forgotten today’s problems.

When do you adjust the Past Participle / Participe Passé?

There is no adjustment of the Past Participle / Participe Passé with:
- the auxiliary verb "avoir" > elle aurait écouté - she would have listened

There is an adjustment of the Past Participle / Participe Passé with:

- the auxiliary verb "être" > elle serait tombée - she would have fallen
- reflexive verbs > elle se serait levée - she would have stood up
- complements (direct object) > elle l’aurait vue - she would have seen it
- complements (direct object / relative clause) > la voiture qu’elle aurait vue - the car that she had seen

Examples:

A verb that uses "avoir - to have" to form the Conditionnel Passé / Past Conditional: manger - to eat

French	English
j’aurais mangé	I would have eaten
tu aurais mangé	you would have eaten
il / elle / on aurait mangé	he / she / it would have eaten
nous aurions mangé	we would have eaten
vous auriez mangé	you would have eaten
ils / elles auraient mangé	they would have eaten

A verb that uses "être - to be" to form the Conditionnel Passé / Past Conditional: aller - to go

French	English
je serais allé(e)	I would have gone
tu serais allé(e)	you would have gone
il serait allé elle serait allée on serait allé	he / she / it would have gone
nous serions allé(e)s	we would have gone
vous seriez allé(e)s vous seriez allé(e)s	you would have gone
ils seraient allés elles seraient allées	they would have gone

Examples:

French	English
Après les festival il aurait bien voulu passer un week-end calme à la maison.	After the festival he would have liked to spend a quiet weekend at home.

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Conditionnel Passé / Conditional Past - j'aurais fait

Conditionnel Passé / Conditional Past - Formation:

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