Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb border
Introduction to the verb border
The English translation of the French verb border is “to border” or “to line”. The infinitive form is pronounced “bohr-dehr”.
The language origin of border comes from the Old French word “bordure”, derived from the Latin word “borda” which means “edge” or “border”. It is most often used in everyday French in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which is the conditional past tense used to express a hypothetical or future action that would have happened in the past.
Here are three examples of the usage of border in the Conditionnel Passé tense with their respective English translations:
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Si tu avais fini tes devoirs plus tôt, tu aurais pu border tes vacances en Italie. (If you had finished your homework earlier, you could have spent your holidays in Italy.)
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Nous aurions pu border la rivière avec des pierres pour éviter les inondations. (We could have lined the river with stones to prevent floods.)
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Si elle avait gagné à la loterie, elle aurait pu border sa maison avec une clôture en or. (If she had won the lottery, she could have lined her house with a fence made of gold.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of border
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais bordé | Si j’étais riche, je t’aurais bordé. | If I were rich, I would have bordered you. |
tu | aurais bordé | Tu aurais bordé plus tôt. | You would have bordered earlier. |
il | aurait bordé | Il aurait bordé la pièce. | He would have bordered the room. |
elle | aurait bordé | Elle aurait bordé ses rideaux. | She would have bordered her curtains. |
on | aurait bordé | On aurait bordé les murs. | One would have bordered the walls. |
nous | aurions bordé | Nous aurions bordé en bleu. | We would have bordered in blue. |
vous | auriez bordé | Vous auriez bordé avec du tissu. | You would have bordered with fabric. |
ils | auraient bordé | Ils auraient bordé leur jardin. | They would have bordered their garden. |
elles | auraient bordé | Elles auraient bordé la table. | They (female) would have bordered the table. |
Other Conjugations for Border.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb border
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb border
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb border
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb border
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb border
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb border
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb border
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb border
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb border
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb border
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb border
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb border
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb border
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb border
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb border (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb border
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb border
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Border – 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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