-Conditionnel passé Flashcards
Conditionnel passé purpose
The conditional perfect is often used for the result clause in si clauses with the unmet condition in the past perfect:
Si je l’avais vu, je l’aurais acheté.
If I had seen it, I would have bought it.
Il serait venu si nous l’avions invité.
He would have come if we had invited him.
how to form conditionnel passé
The French past conditional is a compound conjugation, which means it has two parts:
1.) conditional of the auxiliary verb (either avoir or être)
2.) past participle of the main verb
(When the auxiliary verb is être, the past participle must agree with the subject)
Negating conditionnel passé
To negate a sentence in the conditionnel passé, simply put ne and the negative word around the conjugated helping verb:
Même avec plus de temps, il n’aurait jamais fini cet examen. (Even with more time, he would never have finished that test.)
Je n’aurais plus dansé parce que j’avais mal aux pieds. (I wouldn’t have danced any more because my feet hurt.)
Remember that pronouns remain before the conjugated verb:
Ces chaussures? Il ne les aurait jamais achetées. (Those shoes? He never would have bought them.)
I would have loved
j’aurais aimé
I would have become
je serais devenue
we would have washed ourselves
nous nous serions lavés