Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engraver
Introduction to the verb engraver
The English translation of the French verb engraver is “to engrave.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “ahn-grah-vay.”
The word “engraver” is derived from the Old French word “engraver” which comes from the Latin word “incavare,” meaning “to carve or cut into.”
In everyday French, the verb engraver is most often used in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which is equivalent to the English conditional perfect tense. This tense is used to express an action that would have happened in the past if certain conditions were met.
Here are three simple examples of the usage of engraver in the Conditionnel Passé tense:
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Si j’avais eu le temps, j’aurais gravé ton nom sur ce bracelet. (If I had had the time, I would have engraved your name on this bracelet.)
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Tu aurais pu graver une dédicace sur le livre que tu m’as offert. (You could have engraved a dedication on the book you gave me.)
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Il aurait certainement gravé ses initiales sur ce couteau s’il l’avait acheté. (He would have surely engraved his initials on this knife if he had bought it.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of engraver
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais gravé | Si j’avais eu le temps, je t’aurais gravé un cadeau. | I would have engraved a gift for you if I had had the time. |
tu | aurais gravé | Tu aurais gravé ton nom sur le banc. | You would have engraved your name on the bench. |
il | aurait gravé | Il aurait gravé son nom sur la pierre. | He would have engraved his name on the stone. |
elle | aurait gravé | Elle aurait gravé une inscription sur le mur. | She would have engraved an inscription on the wall. |
on | aurait gravé | On aurait gravé nos initiales sur l’arbre. | We would have engraved our initials on the tree. |
nous | aurions gravé | Nous aurions gravé une phrase sur la bague. | We would have engraved a sentence on the ring. |
vous | auriez gravé | Vous auriez gravé un dessin sur le verre. | You would have engraved a drawing on the glass. |
ils | auraient gravé | Ils auraient gravé un symbole sur la pierre tombale. | They would have engraved a symbol on the tombstone. |
elles | auraient gravé | Elles auraient gravé leur nom sur le bracelet. | They (female) would have engraved their name on the bracelet. |
Other Conjugations for Engraver.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb engraver
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engraver
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engraver
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engraver
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engraver
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engraver
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engraver
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engraver
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engraver
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engraver
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engraver
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engraver
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engraver
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engraver
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engraver (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engraver
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engraver
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Engraver – About the French Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense
Formation
Common Everyday Usage Patterns
Expressing Unreal Past Scenarios
Polite Requests or Suggestions
Expressing Doubt or Uncertainty
Interactions with Other Tenses
Conditional Present
Indicative Past Tenses
Conditional Future
Summary
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