Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb baréter
Introduction to the verb baréter
The English translation of the French verb baréter is “to barter.” It is pronounced as “bah-ray-tay.”
The word baréter comes from the Old French word “barater,” meaning “to cheat or deceive.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which is used to express a hypothetical or unreal action that would have occurred in the past if certain conditions had been met.
Three simple examples of its usage in the Conditionnel Passé tense are:
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Si j’avais plus de temps, j’aurais pu baréter avec le vendeur. (If I had more time, I could have bartered with the seller.)
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Nous aurions pu économiser de l’argent en barétant pour les légumes au marché. (We could have saved money by bartering for vegetables at the market.)
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Il aurait aimé baréter pour une meilleure offre, mais il n’avait pas assez de compétences en négociation. (He would have liked to barter for a better deal, but he didn’t have enough negotiation skills.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of baréter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais barété | Si tu étais venu, je t’aurais barété. | If you had come, I would have haggled with you. |
tu | aurais barété | Tu aurais barété avec le vendeur. | You would have haggled with the seller. |
il | aurait barété | Il aurait barété pour un meilleur prix. | He would have haggled for a better price. |
elle | aurait barété | Elle aurait barété pour un cadeau. | She would have haggled for a gift. |
on | aurait barété | On aurait barété pour une voiture. | One would have haggled for a car. |
nous | aurions barété | Nous aurions barété pendant des heures. | We would have haggled for hours. |
vous | auriez barété | Vous auriez barété sur le marché. | You would have haggled at the market. |
ils | auraient barété | Ils auraient barété pour un meilleur salaire. | They would have haggled for a better salary. |
elles | auraient barété | Elles auraient barété pour un appartement. | They (female) would have haggled for an apartment. |
Other Conjugations for Baréter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb baréter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb baréter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb baréter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb baréter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb baréter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb baréter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb baréter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb baréter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb baréter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb baréter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb baréter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb baréter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb baréter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb baréter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb baréter (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb baréter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb baréter
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Baréter – 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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