Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb butiner
Introduction to the verb butiner
English translation:
The English translation of the French verb butiner is “to forage” or “to gather nectar.” Its infinitive form is pronounced as “boo-tee-nay.”
Language origin:
Butiner comes from the Old French word “bote,” which means “to plunder” or “to steal.” Over time, its meaning evolved to refer to the action of bees gathering nectar and pollen from flowers.
Everyday usage in Conditionnel Présent:
The Conditionnel Présent tense is used to express a hypothetical or possible action in the present tense. In everyday French, butiner is often used in this tense to talk about the potential actions of bees.
Examples:
- Si les abeilles pouvaient butiner librement, elles produiraient plus de miel. (If bees could forage freely, they would produce more honey.)
- Nous devrions laisser plus de fleurs sauvages pour que les abeilles puissent continuer de butiner. (We should leave more wildflowers so that the bees can keep gathering nectar.)
- Si tu étais une abeille, tu pourrais butiner toutes les fleurs que tu veux. (If you were a bee, you could gather nectar from all the flowers you want.)
English translations:
- If the bees could forage freely, they would produce more honey.
- We should leave more wildflowers so that the bees can keep gathering nectar.
- If you were a bee, you could gather nectar from all the flowers you want.
Table of the Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of butiner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | butinerais | Je butinerais dans le jardin. | I would buzz around in the garden. |
tu | butinerais | Tu butinerais les fleurs. | You would gather nectar from the flowers. |
il | butinerait | Il butinerait la lavande. | He would collect pollen from the lavender. |
elle | butinerait | Elle butinerait les roses. | She would pollinate the roses. |
on | butinerait | On butinerait les champs. | One would fly over the fields. |
nous | butinerions | Nous butinerions des plantes. | We would forage for plants. |
vous | butineriez | Vous butineriez les fruits. | You would gather fruits. |
ils | butineraient | Ils butineraient dans les jardins. | They would buzz around in the gardens. |
elles | butineraient | Elles butineraient autour des fleurs. | They would gather nectar from the flowers. |
Other Conjugations for Butiner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb butiner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb butiner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb butiner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb butiner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb butiner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb butiner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb butiner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb butiner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb butiner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb butiner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb butiner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb butiner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb butiner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb butiner (this article)
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb butiner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb butiner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb butiner
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Butiner – About the French Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense
Formation
Common Everyday Usage Patterns
Expressing Polite Requests
Expressing Hypothetical Situations
Expressing Doubt or Uncertainty
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present Tense
Past Tense
Future Tense
Conditional Perfect
Summary
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