Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Introduction to the verb essaimer
The English translation of the French verb essaimer is “to swarm” or “to spread out.” It is pronounced as “eh-seh-meh.”
Essaimer comes from the Old French word “essaim,” meaning “swarm,” and ultimately derives from the Latin word “exeamus,” meaning “let us go out.” In everyday French, essaimer is most commonly used in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which expresses a hypothetical action in the past.
Three simple examples of essaimer in the Conditionnel Passé tense are:
- Si j’avais des abeilles, elles se seraient essaimées dans tout le jardin. (If I had bees, they would have swarmed all over the garden.)
- Nous aurions dû tondre la pelouse plus tôt, maintenant elle est essaimée d’orties. (We should have mowed the lawn earlier, now it’s swarmed with nettles.)
- Tu te souviens de cette époque où les punaises se seraient essaimées dans toute l’école ? (Do you remember that time when bedbugs would have spread throughout the whole school?)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of essaimer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais essaimé | Si j’avais su, j’aurais essaimé. | I would have swarmed. |
tu | aurais essaimé | Tu aurais essaimé plus tôt. | You would have swarmed earlier. |
il | aurait essaimé | Il aurait essaimé avec les abeilles. | He would have swarmed with the bees. |
elle | aurait essaimé | Elle aurait essaimé dans son jardin. | She would have swarmed in her garden. |
on | aurait essaimé | On aurait essaimé dans la nature. | One would have swarmed in nature. |
nous | aurions essaimé | Nous aurions essaimé en été. | We would have swarmed in summer. |
vous | auriez essaimé | Vous auriez essaimé avec les autres abeilles. | You would have swarmed with the other bees. |
ils | auraient essaimé | Ils auraient essaimé dans la forêt. | They would have swarmed in the forest. |
elles | auraient essaimé | Elles auraient essaimé vers les fleurs. | They (female) would have swarmed towards the flowers. |
Other Conjugations for Essaimer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb essaimer
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Essaimer – 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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