Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb balancer
Introduction to the verb balancer
The English translation of the French verb balancer is “to balance” or “to swing.” The infinitive form of the verb is pronounced as “bah-lahn-say.”
The word “balancer” comes from the Latin word “bilancia,” meaning “scale.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which is used to talk about hypothetical or possible events in the past.
Example 1: Si j’avais eu plus de temps, j’aurais balancé sur la balançoire toute la journée. (If I had had more time, I would have swung on the swing all day long.)
Example 2: Tu aurais mieux fait de ne pas balancer toutes tes économies dans cette entreprise risquée. (You would have been better off not investing all your savings in this risky business.)
Example 3: Elle aurait pu se blesser en balançant si fort sur la corde à sauter. (She could have hurt herself by swinging so hard on the jump rope.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of balancer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais balancé | Si j’avais su, je t’aurais balancé. | I would have thrown you away. |
tu | aurais balancé | Tu aurais balancé ta veste. | You would have thrown your jacket away. |
il | aurait balancé | Il aurait balancé son opinion. | He would have thrown his opinion away. |
elle | aurait balancé | Elle aurait balancé ses problèmes. | She would have thrown her problems away. |
on | aurait balancé | On aurait balancé toutes les choses inutiles. | One would have thrown all the useless things away. |
nous | aurions balancé | Nous aurions balancé nos soucis. | We would have thrown our worries away. |
vous | auriez balancé | Vous auriez balancé votre café. | You would have thrown your coffee away. |
ils | auraient balancé | Ils auraient balancé leurs affaires. | They would have thrown their belongings away. |
elles | auraient balancé | Elles auraient balancé leurs vieilles affaires. | They (female) would have thrown their old belongings away. |
Other Conjugations for Balancer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb balancer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb balancer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb balancer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb balancer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb balancer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb balancer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb balancer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb balancer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb balancer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb balancer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb balancer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb balancer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb balancer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb balancer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb balancer (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb balancer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb balancer
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Balancer – 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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