Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agrafer
Introduction to the verb agrafer
The English translation of the French verb agrafer is “to staple.” It is pronounced “ah-grah-fay.”
The origin of the word agrafer comes from the Old French word “agrafer,” which means “to hook” or “to fasten.” It ultimately comes from the Latin word “aggrapare,” which has the same meaning.
In everyday French, agrafer is most often used in the Conditionnel Passé tense to express a hypothetical or possible action in the past. It is formed by using the conditional form of the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” followed by the past participle of agrafer. For example:
- Si j’avais su, j’aurais agrafé les documents. (If I had known, I would have stapled the documents.)
- Il aurait agrafé ses notes, mais il les a perdues. (He would have stapled his notes, but he lost them.)
- Nous serions arrivés à temps si nous avions agrafé les billets d’avion. (We would have arrived on time if we had stapled the plane tickets.)
Overall, agrafer is often used in everyday French to express a past action that could have happened differently if certain conditions had been met.
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of agrafer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais agrafé | Je n’aurais pas agrafé mes papiers. | I would not have stapled my papers. |
tu | aurais agrafé | Tu aurais agrafé ton ticket. | You would have stapled your ticket. |
il | aurait agrafé | Il aurait agrafé le dossier. | He would have stapled the file. |
elle | aurait agrafé | Elle aurait agrafé ses feuilles. | She would have stapled her sheets. |
on | aurait agrafé | On aurait agrafé le document. | One would have stapled the document. |
nous | aurions agrafé | Nous aurions agrafé toutes les pages. | We would have stapled all the pages. |
vous | auriez agrafé | Vous auriez agrafé le contrat. | You would have stapled the contract. |
ils | auraient agrafé | Ils auraient agrafé leurs reçus. | They would have stapled their receipts. |
elles | auraient agrafé | Elles auraient agrafé leurs notes. | They (female) would have stapled their notes. |
Other Conjugations for Agrafer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb agrafer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agrafer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agrafer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agrafer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agrafer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agrafer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agrafer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agrafer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agrafer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agrafer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agrafer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agrafer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agrafer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agrafer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agrafer (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agrafer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb agrafer
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Agrafer – 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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