Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb divaguer
Introduction to the verb divaguer
The English translation of the French verb divaguer is “to digress” or “to wander off topic.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “dee-vah-gheh.”
The word divaguer comes from the Latin word “divagari,” which means “to wander” or “to stray.” In French, it is most often used in its figurative sense to describe someone who is not focused or who is talking about something unrelated to the main topic.
In the Conditionnel Présent tense, divaguer is often used to express a possibility or hypothetical situation. Here are three simple examples of its usage in this tense, with their respective English translations:
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Si je divaguais un peu, je dirais que je préférerais être en vacances en ce moment. (If I were to digress a bit, I would say that I would rather be on vacation right now.)
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Elle divaguerait pendant des heures sur son dernier voyage en Asie. (She would digress for hours about her last trip to Asia.)
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Nous divaguerions sans fin sur le sujet si nous ne nous arrêtions pas maintenant. (We would wander off topic endlessly if we didn’t stop now.)
Table of the Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of divaguer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | divaguerais | Je divaguerais trop. | I would ramble too much. |
tu | divaguerais | Tu divaguerais tout bas. | You would ramble quietly. |
il | divaguerait | Il divaguerait en classe. | He would ramble in class. |
elle | divaguerait | Elle divaguerait souvent. | She would ramble often. |
on | divaguerait | On divaguerait en groupe. | One would ramble in a group. |
nous | divaguerions | Nous divaguerions longtemps. | We would ramble for a long time. |
vous | divagueriez | Vous divagueriez ensemble. | You would ramble together. |
ils | divagueraient | Ils divagueraient pendant des heures. | They would ramble for hours. |
elles | divagueraient | Elles divagueraient au téléphone. | They would ramble on the phone. |
Other Conjugations for Divaguer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb divaguer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb divaguer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb divaguer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb divaguer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb divaguer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb divaguer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb divaguer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb divaguer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb divaguer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb divaguer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb divaguer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb divaguer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb divaguer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb divaguer (this article)
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb divaguer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb divaguer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb divaguer
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Divaguer – 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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