Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Introduction to the verb formater
The English translation of the French verb formater is “to format.” It is pronounced as fawr-mah-tay in its infinitive form.
The word formater comes from the Latin word “formare,” meaning “to shape or mold.” In French, it is most often used as a computer term, referring to the action of formatting a computer disk or drive. However, it can also be used in a broader sense to mean “to organize” or “to arrange.”
In the Conditionnel Passé tense, formater is used to express a hypothetical or unreal action in the past. Here are three simple examples of its usage in this tense, with their respective English translations:
- Si j’avais su, j’aurais formaté mon ordinateur hier. (If I had known, I would have formatted my computer yesterday.)
- Nous aurions pu formater toutes les données avant le crash du système. (We could have formatted all the data before the system crash.)
- Elle n’aurait pas dû formater son disque dur sans faire de sauvegarde. (She should not have formatted her hard drive without making a backup.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of formater
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais formaté | Si j’avais le temps, je t’aurais formaté. | If I had the time, I would have formatted you. |
tu | aurais formaté | Tu aurais formaté le document. | You would have formatted the document. |
il | aurait formaté | Il aurait formaté le disque dur. | He would have formatted the hard drive. |
elle | aurait formaté | Elle aurait formaté le texte. | She would have formatted the text. |
on | aurait formaté | On aurait formaté le fichier. | One would have formatted the file. |
nous | aurions formaté | Nous aurions formaté notre travail. | We would have formatted our work. |
vous | auriez formaté | Vous auriez formaté les données. | You would have formatted the data. |
ils | auraient formaté | Ils auraient formaté leurs CV. | They would have formatted their resumes. |
elles | auraient formaté | Elles auraient formaté leur présentation. | They (female) would have formatted their presentation. |
Other Conjugations for Formater.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb formater
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Formater – 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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