Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb actionner
Introduction to the verb actionner
The English translation of the French verb actionner is “to activate” or “to operate.” The infinitive form, actionner, is pronounced “ak-see-oh-nay.”
The word actionner comes from the Latin word “actio,” which means “to act.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which expresses a past action that would have taken place under certain conditions.
Three simple examples of its usage in the Conditionnel Passé tense with English translations are:
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Si vous aviez appuyé sur le bouton, cela aurait actionné l’alarme. (If you had pressed the button, it would have activated the alarm.)
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J’aurais actionné le levier, mais il était trop rouillé. (I would have operated the lever, but it was too rusted.)
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Nous aurions malheureusement dû actionner le plan d’évacuation en cas d’incendie. (Unfortunately, we would have had to activate the fire evacuation plan.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of actionner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais actionné | Si j’avais su, je t’aurais actionné. | I would have activated you. |
tu | aurais actionné | Tu aurais actionné le bouton. | You would have pressed the button. |
il | aurait actionné | Il aurait actionné le mécanisme. | He would have operated the mechanism. |
elle | aurait actionné | Elle aurait actionné la machine. | She would have turned on the machine. |
on | aurait actionné | On aurait actionné le système. | One would have activated the system. |
nous | aurions actionné | Nous aurions actionné l’appareil. | We would have operated the device. |
vous | auriez actionné | Vous auriez actionné l’interrupteur. | You would have switched on the switch. |
ils | auraient actionné | Ils auraient actionné le levier. | They would have pulled the lever. |
elles | auraient actionné | Elles auraient actionné le dispositif. | They (female) would have triggered the device. |
Other Conjugations for Actionner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb actionner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb actionner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb actionner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb actionner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb actionner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb actionner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb actionner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb actionner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb actionner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb actionner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb actionner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb actionner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb actionner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb actionner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb actionner (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb actionner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb actionner
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Actionner – 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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