Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Introduction to the verb affouiller
The English translation of the French verb affouiller is “to mess up” or “to rumple.” It is pronounced [a.fu.je].
The language origin of affouiller comes from the Old French word “afolier” which meant “to disturb” or “to confuse.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which is used to express an action that would have taken place in the past under certain conditions.
Three examples of its usage in this tense are:
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Si tu avais pris le temps de ranger ta chambre, tu n’aurais pas affouillé tes vêtements. (If you had taken the time to tidy up your room, you wouldn’t have messed up your clothes.)
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J’aurais aimé aller à la plage, mais il a plu toute la journée. Ça aurait affouillé nos plans. (I would have liked to go to the beach, but it rained all day. It would have messed up our plans.)
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Si tu avais suivi mes instructions, tu n’aurais pas affouillé le gâteau. Maintenant il est complètement raté. (If you had followed my instructions, you wouldn’t have messed up the cake. Now it’s completely ruined.)
English translations:
- If you had taken the time to tidy up your room, you wouldn’t have messed up your clothes.
- I would have liked to go to the beach, but it rained all day. It would have messed up our plans.
- If you had followed my instructions, you wouldn’t have messed up the cake. Now it’s completely ruined.
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of affouiller
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais affouillé | Si j’avais su, je t’aurais affouillé. | I would have dug out. |
tu | aurais affouillé | Tu aurais affouillé plus tôt. | You would have dug out earlier. |
il | aurait affouillé | Il aurait affouillé le jardin. | He would have dug out the garden. |
elle | aurait affouillé | Elle aurait affouillé la terre. | She would have dug out the soil. |
on | aurait affouillé | On aurait affouillé pour trouver de l’eau. | One would have dug out to find water. |
nous | aurions affouillé | Nous aurions affouillé la plage. | We would have dug out the beach. |
vous | auriez affouillé | Vous auriez affouillé la roche. | You would have dug out the rock. |
ils | auraient affouillé | Ils auraient affouillé la forêt. | They would have dug out the forest. |
elles | auraient affouillé | Elles auraient affouillé le sol. | They (female) would have dug out the ground. |
Other Conjugations for Affouiller.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb affouiller
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Affouiller – 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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