Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colmater
Introduction to the verb colmater
The English translation of the French verb colmater is “to plug up” or “to mend”. The infinitive form, colmater, is pronounced “kohl-mah-tay”.
The word colmater comes from the Latin word “colmare”, meaning “to fill up”. It entered the French language in the 13th century.
In everyday French, colmater is often used in the Conditionnel Présent tense, which is used to express a hypothetical or possible action in the present or future. It is formed by using the conditional present of the auxiliary verb “avoir” followed by the past participle of colmater.
Here are three simple examples of colmater used in the Conditionnel Présent tense, with their respective English translations:
- Si j’avais un bateau, je colmaterais les fuites. (If I had a boat, I would plug up the leaks.)
- Tu pourrais colmater les trous dans le mur avec du plâtre. (You could mend the holes in the wall with plaster.)
- Nous pourrions colmater la fissure dans le vase avec de la colle. (We could mend the crack in the vase with some glue.)
Table of the Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of colmater
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | colmaterais | Je colmaterais les fissures. | I would patch up the cracks. |
tu | colmaterais | Tu colmaterais le tuyau. | You would seal the pipe. |
il | colmaterait | Il colmaterait la fuite. | He would fix the leak. |
elle | colmaterait | Elle colmaterait la balafre. | She would patch up the wound. |
on | colmaterait | On colmaterait la brèche. | One would repair the breach. |
nous | colmaterions | Nous colmaterions le bateau. | We would mend the boat. |
vous | colmateriez | Vous colmateriez les bris. | You would repair the damages. |
ils | colmateraient | Ils colmateraient la toiture. | They would fix the roof. |
elles | colmateraient | Elles colmateraient le pneu. | They would patch the tire. |
Other Conjugations for Colmater.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb colmater
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colmater
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colmater
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colmater
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colmater
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colmater
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colmater
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colmater
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colmater
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colmater
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colmater
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colmater
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colmater
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colmater (this article)
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colmater
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colmater
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb colmater
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Colmater – 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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