Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouffonner
Introduction to the verb bouffonner
The English translation of the French verb bouffonner is “to fool around” or “to joke around”. It is pronounced “boo-fohn-ay”.
The word bouffonner comes from the French noun bouffon, which means “jester” or “clown”. It is derived from the Italian word buffone, which has the same meaning. In everyday French, bouffonner is often used in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which is equivalent to the conditional perfect tense in English.
Here are 3 simple examples of its usage in this tense, with the respective English translations:
- Si j’avais su que tu serais fâché, je n’aurais pas bouffonné. (If I had known you would be angry, I wouldn’t have fooled around.)
- Elle aurait mieux fait de travailler au lieu de bouffonner toute la journée. (She should have worked instead of joking around all day.)
- Nous aurions aimé te voir jouer du piano, mais tu as passé la soirée à bouffonner. (We would have liked to see you play the piano, but you spent the evening fooling around.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of bouffonner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais bouffonné | Si j’avais su, je t’aurais bouffonné. | I would have been a fool. |
tu | aurais bouffonné | Tu aurais bouffonné plus tôt. | You would have fooled around earlier. |
il | aurait bouffonné | Il aurait bouffonné toute la soirée. | He would have been clowning around all evening. |
elle | aurait bouffonné | Elle aurait bouffonné avec ses amis. | She would have been fooling around with her friends. |
on | aurait bouffonné | On aurait bouffonné tout le temps. | One would have been joking around all the time. |
nous | aurions bouffonné | Nous aurions bouffonné ensemble. | We would have been clowning around together. |
vous | auriez bouffonné | Vous auriez bouffonné en public. | You would have been performing in public. |
ils | auraient bouffonné | Ils auraient bouffonné en classe. | They would have been clowning around in class. |
elles | auraient bouffonné | Elles auraient bouffonné en vacances. | They (female) would have been joking around on vacation. |
Other Conjugations for Bouffonner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb bouffonner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouffonner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouffonner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouffonner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouffonner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouffonner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouffonner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouffonner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouffonner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouffonner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouffonner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouffonner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouffonner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouffonner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouffonner (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouffonner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bouffonner
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Bouffonner – 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
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