Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avorter
Introduction to the verb avorter
The English translation of the French verb avorter is “to abort.” The infinitive form is pronounced “ah-vor-tay.”
Avorter comes from the Late Latin word “abortare,” meaning “to miscarry,” which is derived from the Latin word “aborsus,” meaning “premature.” It is most often used in everyday French to refer to the act of terminating a pregnancy.
In the Conditionnel Passé tense, avorter is used to express an action that would have been completed in the past if certain conditions had been met. Here are three examples of its usage in this tense with their English translations:
- Si j’avais su que j’étais enceinte, j’aurais avorté. (If I had known I was pregnant, I would have aborted.)
- Nous aurions avorté si le bébé avait eu une malformation grave. (We would have aborted if the baby had a serious deformity.)
- Elle m’a dit qu’elle aurait avorté si elle n’avait pas été en mesure de subvenir aux besoins de l’enfant. (She told me she would have aborted if she had not been able to provide for the child’s needs.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of avorter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais avorté | Si j’avais su, j’aurais avorté. | I would have aborted if I had known. |
tu | aurais avorté | Tu aurais avorté plus tôt. | You would have aborted earlier. |
il | aurait avorté | Il aurait avorté sa mission. | He would have aborted his mission. |
elle | aurait avorté | Elle aurait avorté son bébé. | She would have aborted her baby. |
on | aurait avorté | On aurait avorté la mission. | One would have aborted the mission. |
nous | aurions avorté | Nous aurions avorté ensemble. | We would have aborted together. |
vous | auriez avorté | Vous auriez avorté à temps. | You would have aborted on time. |
ils | auraient avorté | Ils auraient avorté les plans. | They would have aborted the plans. |
elles | auraient avorté | Elles auraient avorté leur bébé. | They (female) would have aborted their baby. |
Other Conjugations for Avorter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb avorter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avorter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avorter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avorter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avorter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avorter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avorter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avorter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avorter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avorter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avorter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avorter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avorter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avorter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avorter (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avorter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb avorter
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Avorter – 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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