Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Introduction to the verb aggraver
The English translation of the French verb aggraver is to aggravate or worsen. The infinitive form of aggraver is pronounced “ah-grah-vay”.
The word aggraver comes from the Latin word “gravare”, meaning “to make heavy or burdensome”. It entered the French language in the 15th century and has evolved to have a similar meaning in modern French.
In everyday French, aggraver is most often used in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which expresses a hypothetical or uncertain action in the past. It is often used to describe a situation that could have been made worse if certain conditions were met.
Three examples of aggraver in the Conditionnel Passé tense and their English translations are:
- Si j’avais pris ce médicament, mon état de santé se serait aggravé. (If I had taken this medicine, my health condition would have worsened.)
- Nous aurions dû éviter cette route, cela aurait aggraver le trafic. (We should have avoided this road, it would have aggravated the traffic.)
- Si le gouvernement avait augmenté les taxes, cela aurait aggraver la crise économique. (If the government had raised taxes, it would have worsened the economic crisis.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of aggraver
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais aggravé | Si j’avais su, j’aurais aggravé la situation. | If I had known, I would have worsened the situation. |
tu | aurais aggravé | Tu aurais aggravé les choses. | You would have made things worse. |
il | aurait aggravé | Il aurait aggravé ses blessures. | He would have worsened his injuries. |
elle | aurait aggravé | Elle aurait aggravé la tension. | She would have aggravated the tension. |
on | aurait aggravé | On aurait aggravé la crise. | One would have aggravated the crisis. |
nous | aurions aggravé | Nous aurions aggravé les problèmes. | We would have worsened the problems. |
vous | auriez aggravé | Vous auriez aggravé la situation. | You would have made the situation worse. |
ils | auraient aggravé | Ils auraient aggravé la situation. | They would have aggravated the situation. |
elles | auraient aggravé | Elles auraient aggravé les choses. | They (female) would have made things worse. |
Other Conjugations for Aggraver.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aggraver
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Aggraver – 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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