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Lesson 41B – The conditional mood, past tense in French

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    use
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Theory

a) how to form “ le conditionnel passé ”

with auxiliary verb “ avoir ”

group 1

ER verb

group 2

IR verb

group 3

-RE, -IR …

j’

tu

il/elle/on

nous

vous

ils/elles

aurais aimé

aurais aimé

aurait aimé

aurions aimé

auriez aimé

auraient aimé

aurais fini

aurais fini

aurait fini

aurions fini

auriez fini

auraient fini

aurais répondu

aurais répondu

aurait répondu

aurions répondu

auriez répondu

auraient répondu

with auxiliary verb “ être ”

group 1

ER verb

group 2

IR verb

group 3

-RE, -IR …

je

tu

il/elle/on

nous

vous

ils/elles

serais rentré

serais rentré

serait rentré

serions rentrés

seriez rentrés

seraient rentrés

serais guéri

serais guéri

serait guéri

serions guéris

seriez guéris

seraient guéris

serais devenu

serais devenu

serait devenu

serions devenus

seriez devenus

seraient devenus

b) use

actions that could have occurred under a different set of circumstances

On aurait acheté cet automate s’il avait été parfaitement conçu

We would have purchased this automaton if it had been perfectly engineered

Eux, ils les auraient tous acheté pour le revendre ! Scalpers !

As for them, they would have bought them all to resell! Scalpers!

Elle serait devenue costaude si elle avait mangĂ© ces drĂ´les d’insectes Ă  mandibules soyeuses

She would have gotten beefy if she had eaten those funny insects with silky mandibles

Exercises

Results

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#1. They would have become iconic giants if that damn armed faction hadn't carpet bombed the harbour.

#2. I know her ; she would never have put all her eggs in one basket.

#3. These people belong to the past now but they would have colonized an entire country without anyone taking notice.

#4. She'd have met Charles if she'd gone to the library to read a book that day ...

#5. What wouldn't he have done to get that contract signed !

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