Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encaver
Introduction to the verb encaver
The English translation of the French verb encaver is “to cave in” or “to give in.” The infinitive form, encaver, is pronounced as ahn-kah-vay.
The origin of the word encaver can be traced back to the Latin word “cavare,” meaning “to hollow out.” In everyday French, encaver is most commonly used in the Conditionnel Passé tense to express a hypothetical past action or event that did not happen.
Three examples of encaver in the Conditionnel Passé tense with their English translations are:
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Si j’avais su que tu étais malade, je t’aurais encavé et je t’aurais emmené chez le médecin. (If I had known you were sick, I would have given in and taken you to the doctor.)
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Nous nous serions encavés devant les demandes de nos parents. (We would have caved in to our parents’ demands.)
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Ils auraient encavé et accepté de baisser leur prix pour obtenir la vente. (They would have given in and agreed to lower their price to secure the sale.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of encaver
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais encavé | Si j’avais su, je t’aurais encavé. | I would have put you in a cave. |
tu | aurais encavé | Tu aurais encavé plus tôt. | You would have put in a cave earlier. |
il | aurait encavé | Il aurait encavé le trésor. | He would have put the treasure in a cave. |
elle | aurait encavé | Elle aurait encavé ses bijoux. | She would have put her jewelry in a cave. |
on | aurait encavé | On aurait encavé cette découverte. | One would have put this discovery in a cave. |
nous | aurions encavé | Nous aurions encavé nos provisions. | We would have put our supplies in a cave. |
vous | auriez encavé | Vous auriez encavé le cheval. | You would have put the horse in a cave. |
ils | auraient encavé | Ils auraient encavé leurs armes. | They would have put their weapons in a cave. |
elles | auraient encavé | Elles auraient encavé les documents. | They (female) would have put the documents in a cave. |
Other Conjugations for Encaver.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb encaver
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encaver
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encaver
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encaver
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encaver
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encaver
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encaver
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encaver
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encaver
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encaver
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encaver
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encaver
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encaver
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encaver
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encaver (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encaver
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encaver
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Encaver – 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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