Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Introduction to the verb cligner
The English translation of the French verb cligner is “to blink” or “to wink.” The infinitive form is pronounced “klee-nyay.”
Cligner comes from the Latin word “clinare,” meaning “to incline” or “to bend.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the Conditionnel Présent tense to express a possibility or hypothetical action.
Three simple examples of its usage in this tense are:
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Si j’étais plus jeune, je clignerais des yeux devant ces belles voitures. (If I were younger, I would blink at these beautiful cars.)
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Nous devrions cligner des yeux devant une telle proposition intéressante. (We should blink at such an interesting proposal.)
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Si tu gagnais au loto, tu clignerais des yeux devant toutes ces possibilités. (If you won the lottery, you would blink at all these possibilities.)
Table of the Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of cligner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | clignerais | Je clignerais des yeux. | I would blink. |
tu | clignerais | Tu clignerais de l’oeil. | You would wink. |
il | clignerait | Il clignerait des paupières. | He would blink his eyelids. |
elle | clignerait | Elle clignerait souvent. | She would blink often. |
on | clignerait | On clignerait des deux yeux. | One would blink both eyes. |
nous | clignerions | Nous clignerions en secret. | We would secretly blink. |
vous | cligneriez | Vous cligneriez des cils. | You would flutter your eyelashes. |
ils | cligneraient | Ils cligneraient de la lumière. | They would flash the light. |
elles | cligneraient | Elles cligneraient de l’autre oeil. | They would blink with the other eye. |
Other Conjugations for Cligner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner (this article)
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cligner
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Cligner – 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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