Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flibuster
Introduction to the verb flibuster
The English translation of the French verb flibuster is “to filibuster”. It is pronounced as “flee-bus-tay”.
The origin of the word flibuster comes from the Dutch word “vrijbuiter”, meaning “freebooter” or “pirate”. It was first used in English in the late 16th century to refer to pirates who attacked the Spanish colonies in the Caribbean. In the 19th century, it evolved to refer to a political strategy used to delay or block legislation by making long speeches in a legislative assembly.
In everyday French, flibuster is most often used in the Conditionnel Passé tense to express a hypothetical or unrealized action in the past. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the Conditionnel Présent tense followed by the past participle of the verb.
Examples:
- Si j’avais flibusté, je serais devenu un héros national. (If I had filibustered, I would have become a national hero.)
- Nous aurions flibusté toute la nuit si le vote n’avait pas été reporté. (We would have filibustered all night if the vote had not been postponed.)
- Ils auraient flibusté la loi sans relâche s’ils n’avaient pas été expulsés de l’assemblée. (They would have filibustered the law relentlessly if they had not been ejected from the assembly.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of flibuster
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais flibusté | Si j’avais été là, je l’aurais flibusté. | If I had been there, I would have filibustered it. |
tu | aurais flibusté | Tu l’aurais flibusté avant moi. | You would have filibustered it before me. |
il | aurait flibusté | Il aurait flibusté sans hésitation. | He would have filibustered without hesitation. |
elle | aurait flibusté | Elle l’aurait flibusté pour protéger ses droits. | She would have filibustered to protect her rights. |
on | aurait flibusté | On l’aurait flibusté jusqu’à tard dans la nuit. | One would have filibustered it until late at night. |
nous | aurions flibusté | Nous l’aurions flibusté pour obtenir ce que nous voulions. | We would have filibustered to get what we wanted. |
vous | auriez flibusté | Vous l’auriez flibusté avec conviction. | You would have filibustered it with conviction. |
ils | auraient flibusté | Ils l’auraient flibusté pour défendre leurs positions. | They would have filibustered to defend their positions. |
elles | auraient flibusté | Elles l’auraient flibusté avec acharnement. | They (female) would have filibustered it with determination. |
Other Conjugations for Flibuster.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb flibuster
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flibuster
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flibuster
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flibuster
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flibuster
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flibuster
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flibuster
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flibuster
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flibuster
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flibuster
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flibuster
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flibuster
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flibuster
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flibuster
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flibuster (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flibuster
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb flibuster
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Flibuster – 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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