Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb apponter
Introduction to the verb apponter
The English translation of the French verb apponter is “to land on a carrier” or “to make an approach for landing on a carrier.” The infinitive form of apponter is pronounced “ah-poh-tay.”
Apponter comes from the Latin word “aponere,” which means “to put on” or “to place on.” It is a combination of the prefix “ap-” which means “on” and the verb “ponere,” meaning “to place.” The use of apponter in French is most often associated with aviation and refers to the act of landing a aircraft on a carrier, such as an aircraft carrier.
In everyday French, apponter is most often used in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which is used to express a conditional action that would have happened in the past if certain conditions had been met. For example:
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Si le temps avait été plus clément, l’avion aurait pu s’apponter sur le porte-avions. (If the weather had been better, the plane could have landed on the aircraft carrier.)
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J’aurais aimé apponter sur un porte-avions au cours de ma carrière. (I would have liked to land on an aircraft carrier during my career.)
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Nous aurions dû nous entraîner davantage pour pouvoir apponter avec succès. (We should have trained more to be able to land successfully.)
The above examples show how apponter is used in the Conditionnel Passé tense to express a hypothetical action in the past. In each case, the use of the verb implies that the conditions necessary for the action to occur were not met, hence the use of the conditional tense.
In summary, apponter is a verb that originated from Latin and is primarily used in aviation in French to refer to the act of landing on a carrier. In the Conditionnel Passé tense, it is used to express a hypothetical past action that did not occur due to certain conditions.
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of apponter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais apponté | Si j’avais su, je t’aurais apponté. | I would have landed on you. |
tu | aurais apponté | Tu aurais apponté plus tôt. | You would have landed earlier. |
il | aurait apponté | Il aurait apponté à la base. | He would have landed at the base. |
elle | aurait apponté | Elle aurait apponté sur le navire. | She would have landed on the ship. |
on | aurait apponté | On aurait apponté ensemble. | One would have landed together. |
nous | aurions apponté | Nous aurions apponté en toute sécurité. | We would have landed safely. |
vous | auriez apponté | Vous auriez apponté dans l’océan. | You would have landed in the ocean. |
ils | auraient apponté | Ils auraient apponté sur la piste d’atterrissage. | They would have landed on the runway. |
elles | auraient apponté | Elles auraient apponté sur l’île. | They (female) would have landed on the island. |
Other Conjugations for Apponter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb apponter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb apponter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb apponter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb apponter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb apponter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb apponter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb apponter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb apponter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb apponter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb apponter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb apponter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb apponter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb apponter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb apponter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb apponter (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb apponter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb apponter
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Apponter – 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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