Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dicter
Introduction to the verb dicter
The English translation of the French verb dicter is “to dictate.” The infinitive form, dicter, is pronounced as “dik-teh.”
The origin of the word dicter can be traced back to the Latin word “dictare,” which means “to dictate, to speak.” In everyday French, dicter is most often used in the Conditionnel Présent tense to express a hypothetical or uncertain action.
Here are three simple examples of dicter in the Conditionnel Présent tense, with their respective English translations:
- Si j’étais riche, je te dicterais mes mémoires. (If I were rich, I would dictate my memoirs to you.)
- Je lui demanderais de dicter sa lettre à quelqu’un d’autre. (I would ask him/her to dictate his/her letter to someone else.)
- Nous dicterions les règles du jeu si nous étions les arbitres. (We would dictate the rules of the game if we were the referees.)
Table of the Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of dicter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | dicterais | Je dicterais un poème. | I would dictate a poem. |
tu | dicterais | Tu dicterais plus lentement. | You would dictate more slowly. |
il | dicterait | Il dicterait un courrier. | He would dictate a letter. |
elle | dicterait | Elle dicterait un discours. | She would dictate a speech. |
on | dicterait | On dicterait une histoire. | One would dictate a story. |
nous | dicterions | Nous dicterions les règles. | We would dictate the rules. |
vous | dicteriez | Vous dicteriez votre testament. | You would dictate your will. |
ils | dicteraient | Ils dicteraient leurs mémoires. | They would dictate their memoirs. |
elles | dicteraient | Elles dicteraient leurs devoirs. | They would dictate their homework. |
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 (this article)
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dicter
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 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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