Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bafouer
Introduction to the verb bafouer
The English translation of the French verb bafouer is “to scoff”, “to mock”, or “to ridicule”. It is pronounced as “bah-foo-eh”.
The word bafouer comes from the Old French word bafou, which means “mockery” or “disgrace”. It can also be traced back to the Latin word suffōcāre, meaning “to stifle” or “to choke”. In everyday French, bafouer is often used in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which expresses a hypothetical or unreal past action.
Examples:
- Si tu avais bafoué mes idées, je n’aurais jamais travaillé avec toi. (If you had mocked my ideas, I would have never worked with you.)
- Ils auraient été amis s’ils n’avaient pas bafoué leurs principes. (They would have been friends if they had not ridiculed their principles.)
- Nous aurions bafoué ses croyances si nous avions participé à cette soirée. (We would have scoffed at his beliefs if we had attended that party.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of bafouer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais bafoué | Si j’avais su, je t’aurais bafoué. | I would have mocked you. |
tu | aurais bafoué | Tu aurais bafoué plus tôt. | You would have ridiculed earlier. |
il | aurait bafoué | Il aurait bafoué ses ennemis. | He would have taunted his enemies. |
elle | aurait bafoué | Elle aurait bafoué sa sœur. | She would have mocked her sister. |
on | aurait bafoué | On aurait bafoué l’homme politique. | One would have mocked the politician. |
nous | aurions bafoué | Nous aurions bafoué en public. | We would have mocked in public. |
vous | auriez bafoué | Vous auriez bafoué ces règles. | You would have disregarded these rules. |
ils | auraient bafoué | Ils auraient bafoué les traditions. | They would have scorned the traditions. |
elles | auraient bafoué | Elles auraient bafoué les lois. | They (female) would have flouted the laws. |
Other Conjugations for Bafouer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb bafouer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bafouer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bafouer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bafouer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bafouer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bafouer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bafouer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bafouer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bafouer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bafouer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bafouer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bafouer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bafouer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bafouer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bafouer (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bafouer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb bafouer
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Bafouer – 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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