Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dicter
Introduction to the verb dicter
The English translation of the French verb dicter is “to dictate.” It is pronounced as “deek-tey” in the infinitive form.
The origin of the word dicter can be traced back to the Latin word dictare, meaning “to say repeatedly.” In everyday French, dicter is most often used in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which expresses a hypothetical action that would have taken place in the past.
Three simple examples of its usage in this tense are:
1) Si j’avais su, je t’aurais dicté les réponses. (If I had known, I would have dictated the answers to you.)
2) Il aurait dicté toutes ses mémoires s’il en avait eu le temps. (He would have dictated all his memoirs if he had had the time.)
3) Nous aurions dicté nos conditions si nous avions eu plus de pouvoir. (We would have dictated our terms if we had had more power.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of dicter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais dicté | Si j’avais su, je t’aurais dicté. | I would have dictated to you. |
tu | aurais dicté | Tu aurais dicté plus tôt. | You would have dictated earlier. |
il | aurait dicté | Il aurait dicté le discours. | He would have dictated the speech. |
elle | aurait dicté | Elle aurait dicté à son assistante. | She would have dictated to her assistant. |
on | aurait dicté | On aurait dicté les instructions. | One would have dictated the instructions. |
nous | aurions dicté | Nous aurions dicté le texte. | We would have dictated the text. |
vous | auriez dicté | Vous auriez dicté la lettre. | You would have dictated the letter. |
ils | auraient dicté | Ils auraient dicté les règles. | They would have dictated the rules. |
elles | auraient dicté | Elles auraient dicté le plan. | They (female) would have dictated the plan. |
Other Conjugations for Dicter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb dicter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dicter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dicter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dicter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dicter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dicter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dicter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dicter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dicter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dicter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dicter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dicter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dicter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dicter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dicter (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dicter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dicter
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Dicter – 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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