Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aspirer
Introduction to the verb aspirer
The English translation of the French verb aspirer is “to aspire” or “to long for.” The infinitive form is pronounced “ah-spee-ray.”
The verb aspirer comes from the Latin “aspirare,” meaning “to breathe” or “to desire.” In everyday French, it is most often used to express a strong desire or longing for something.
In the Conditionnel Passé tense, aspirer is used to express a past hypothetical situation or a future possibility that did not come true. It is formed by conjugating the auxiliary verb “avoir” in the Conditionnel Présent tense and adding the past participle “aspiré.”
Here are three simple examples of its usage in this tense, with their English translations:
- Si j’avais étudié plus dur, j’aurais aspiré à devenir avocat. (If I had studied harder, I would have aspired to become a lawyer.)
- Elle aurait aspiré à voyager à travers le monde si elle avait eu plus d’argent. (She would have aspired to travel around the world if she had had more money.)
- Nous aurions aspiré à une vie plus simple si nous n’avions pas gagné à la loterie. (We would have aspired to a simpler life if we had not won the lottery.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of aspirer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais aspiré | Si j’avais su, je t’aurais aspiré. | I would have sucked you up. |
tu | aurais aspiré | Tu aurais aspiré la poussière. | You would have vacuumed the dust. |
il | aurait aspiré | Il aurait aspiré l’air frais. | He would have breathed in the fresh air. |
elle | aurait aspiré | Elle aurait aspiré la fumée. | She would have inhaled the smoke. |
on | aurait aspiré | On aurait aspiré du gaz. | One would have inhaled gas. |
nous | aurions aspiré | Nous aurions aspiré ensemble. | We would have sucked together. |
vous | auriez aspiré | Vous auriez aspiré l’odeur. | You would have inhaled the scent. |
ils | auraient aspiré | Ils auraient aspiré l’eau. | They would have sucked up the water. |
elles | auraient aspiré | Elles auraient aspiré la vapeur. | They (female) would have inhaled the steam. |
Other Conjugations for Aspirer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb aspirer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aspirer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aspirer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aspirer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aspirer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aspirer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aspirer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aspirer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aspirer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aspirer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aspirer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aspirer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aspirer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aspirer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aspirer (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aspirer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb aspirer
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Aspirer – 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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