Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désavantager
Introduction to the verb désavantager
The English translation of the French verb désavantager is “to disadvantage” or “to put at a disadvantage.” The infinitive form is pronounced “day-zah-vahn-tah-zhay.”
The word désavantager is derived from the Old French word desavantagier, which comes from the Latin words dis (meaning “apart” or “away”) and avantagium (meaning “advantage”). It is most often used in everyday French in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which is used to express a hypothetical action or situation that would have taken place in the past.
Three examples of désavantager in the Conditionnel Passé tense are:
- Si j’avais écouté mes parents, je ne me serais pas désavantagé dans cette situation. (If I had listened to my parents, I wouldn’t have put myself at a disadvantage in this situation.)
- Elle se serait désavantagée en choisissant ce poste, car il y avait beaucoup de concurrence. (She would have disadvantaged herself by choosing this position, as there was a lot of competition.)
- Nous aurions été désavantagés si nous avions accepté cette offre. (We would have been at a disadvantage if we had accepted this offer.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of désavantager
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais désavantagé | Si j’avais eu plus de temps, je t’aurais désavantagé. | If I had more time, I would have disadvantaged you. |
tu | aurais désavantagé | Tu aurais désavantagé ton équipe. | You would have put your team at a disadvantage. |
il | aurait désavantagé | Il aurait désavantagé sa carrière. | He would have disadvantaged his career. |
elle | aurait désavantagé | Elle aurait désavantagé son entreprise. | She would have put her company at a disadvantage. |
on | aurait désavantagé | On aurait désavantagé les plus faibles. | One would have disadvantaged the weakest. |
nous | aurions désavantagé | Nous aurions désavantagé notre équipe. | We would have disadvantaged our team. |
vous | auriez désavantagé | Vous auriez désavantagé vos concurrents. | You would have disadvantaged your competitors. |
ils | auraient désavantagé | Ils auraient désavantagé leurs partenaires. | They would have disadvantaged their partners. |
elles | auraient désavantagé | Elles auraient désavantagé leurs employés. | They (female) would have disadvantaged their employees. |
Other Conjugations for Désavantager.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb désavantager
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désavantager
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désavantager
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désavantager
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désavantager
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désavantager
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désavantager
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désavantager
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désavantager
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désavantager
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désavantager
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désavantager
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désavantager
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désavantager (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désavantager
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb désavantager
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Désavantager – 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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