Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb entrebâiller
Introduction to the verb entrebâiller
The English translation of the French verb entrebâiller is “to half-open” or “to crack open”. The infinitive form is pronounced as “ahn-truh-bah-yay”.
The word entrebâiller comes from the combination of the prefix “entre-“, meaning “between”, and the verb “bâiller”, meaning “to yawn” or “to gape”. It is most often used in everyday French to describe the action of slightly opening a door, window, or other opening.
In the Conditionnel Présent tense, entrebâiller expresses a hypothetical or uncertain action that would happen in the future. Here are three examples of its usage in this tense, with the respective English translations:
- Si j’avais une clé, j’entrebâillerais la porte pour te laisser entrer. (If I had a key, I would crack open the door to let you in.)
- Est-ce que tu pourrais entrebâiller la fenêtre ? Il fait chaud dans la chambre. (Could you half-open the window? It’s hot in the room.)
- Si nous avions un chien, il entrebâillerait sûrement la porte pour sortir. (If we had a dog, it would probably push the door open to go out.)
Table of the Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of entrebâiller
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | entrebâillerais | Je entrebâillerais la fenêtre. | I would half-open the window. |
tu | entrebâillerais | Tu entrebâillerais la porte. | You would half-open the door. |
il | entrebâillerait | Il entrebâillerait la fenêtre. | He would half-open the window. |
elle | entrebâillerait | Elle entrebâillerait la porte. | She would half-open the door. |
on | entrebâillerait | On entrebâillerait la porte. | One would half-open the door. |
nous | entrebâillerions | Nous entrebâillerions la porte. | We would half-open the door. |
vous | entrebâilleriez | Vous entrebâilleriez la fenêtre. | You would half-open the window. |
ils | entrebâilleraient | Ils entrebâilleraient la fenêtre. | They would half-open the window. |
elles | entrebâilleraient | Elles entrebâilleraient la porte. | They would half-open the door. |
Other Conjugations for Entrebâiller.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb entrebâiller
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb entrebâiller
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb entrebâiller
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb entrebâiller
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb entrebâiller
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb entrebâiller
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb entrebâiller
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb entrebâiller
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb entrebâiller
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb entrebâiller
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb entrebâiller
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb entrebâiller
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb entrebâiller (this article)
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb entrebâiller
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb entrebâiller
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb entrebâiller
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Entrebâiller – 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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