Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb babiller
Introduction to the verb babiller
The English translation of the French verb babiller is “to babble” or “to chatter”. The infinitive form, babiller, is pronounced as “bah-bee-yay”.
The language origin of babiller can be traced back to the Old French verb “babillier”, which meant “to prattle or babble”. It is derived from the Latin word “babulus”, meaning “a stammerer”.
In everyday French, babiller is most often used in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which expresses a hypothetical or unreal action in the past. This tense is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the Conditionnel Présent tense, followed by the past participle of the verb.
Here are 3 simple examples of babiller used in the Conditionnel Passé tense, with their respective English translations:
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Si j’avais su que tu étais là, j’aurais babillé toute la soirée avec toi. (If I had known you were there, I would have babbled all evening with you.)
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Je t’aurais écouté si tu n’avais pas babillé tout le temps. (I would have listened to you if you hadn’t babbled all the time.)
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Elle aurait babillé toute la nuit si je ne l’avais pas interrompue. (She would have babbled all night if I hadn’t interrupted her.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of babiller
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais babillé | Si j’avais su, je t’aurais babillé. | I would have babbled to you. |
tu | aurais babillé | Tu aurais babillé plus tôt. | You would have babbled earlier. |
il | aurait babillé | Il aurait babillé du film. | He would have babbled about the movie. |
elle | aurait babillé | Elle aurait babillé à sa mère. | She would have babbled to her mother. |
on | aurait babillé | On aurait babillé de tout ça. | One would have babbled about all of that. |
nous | aurions babillé | Nous aurions babillé en français. | We would have babbled in French. |
vous | auriez babillé | Vous auriez babillé avec eux. | You would have babbled with them. |
ils | auraient babillé | Ils auraient babillé de politique. | They would have babbled about politics. |
elles | auraient babillé | Elles auraient babillé à leurs amis. | They (female) would have babbled to their friends. |
Other Conjugations for Babiller.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb babiller
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb babiller
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb babiller
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb babiller
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb babiller
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb babiller
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb babiller
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb babiller
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb babiller
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb babiller
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb babiller
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb babiller
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb babiller
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb babiller
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb babiller (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb babiller
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb babiller
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Babiller – 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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