Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contaminer
Introduction to the verb contaminer
The English translation of the French verb contaminer is “to contaminate.” It is pronounced “kohn-tah-mee-neh.”
Contaminer comes from the Latin word “contaminare,” meaning to defile or make impure. It is most commonly used in everyday French in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which is used to express a hypothetical or uncertain action in the past.
Examples:
- Si j’avais touché cette substance contaminée, j’aurais été malade. (If I had touched that contaminated substance, I would have been sick.)
- Il aurait fallu évacuer la ville si le virus s’était propagé. (They would have had to evacuate the city if the virus had spread.)
- Nous aurions dû prendre des mesures de précaution pour éviter de contaminer les autres. (We should have taken precautions to avoid contaminating others.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of contaminer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais contaminé | Si j’avais su, j’aurais contaminé. | I would have contaminated. |
tu | aurais contaminé | Tu aurais contaminé l’eau. | You would have contaminated the water. |
il | aurait contaminé | Il aurait contaminé son environnement. | He would have contaminated his environment. |
elle | aurait contaminé | Elle aurait contaminé ses collègues. | She would have contaminated her colleagues. |
on | aurait contaminé | On aurait contaminé toute la ville. | One would have contaminated the whole city. |
nous | aurions contaminé | Nous aurions contaminé les aliments. | We would have contaminated the food. |
vous | auriez contaminé | Vous auriez contaminé l’air. | You would have contaminated the air. |
ils | auraient contaminé | Ils auraient contaminé la nature. | They would have contaminated the nature. |
elles | auraient contaminé | Elles auraient contaminé la population. | They (female) would have contaminated the population. |
Other Conjugations for Contaminer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb contaminer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contaminer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contaminer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contaminer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contaminer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contaminer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contaminer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contaminer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contaminer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contaminer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contaminer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contaminer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contaminer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contaminer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contaminer (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contaminer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb contaminer
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Contaminer – 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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