Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Introduction to the verb cafarder
The English translation of the French verb cafarder is “to tattle” or “to snitch.” It is pronounced as “kah-far-day.”
The word cafarder originates from the French word “cafard,” which means cockroach. In French slang, a “cafard” is someone who is sneaky or deceitful, and cafarder is the verb form of this noun.
In everyday French, cafarder is most often used in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which is the conditional perfect tense in English. This tense is used to talk about an action that would have taken place in the past if certain conditions had been met.
Here are three examples of the usage of cafarder in the Conditionnel Passé tense:
- Si tu avais cafardé, on aurait été en danger. (If you had tattled, we would have been in danger.)
- J’aurais cafardé si je n’avais pas promis de garder le secret. (I would have snitched if I hadn’t promised to keep the secret.)
- Ils auraient cafardé à la police s’ils avaient su la vérité. (They would have snitched to the police if they had known the truth.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of cafarder
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais cafardé | Si j’avais su, je t’aurais cafardé. | I would have snitched on you. |
tu | aurais cafardé | Tu aurais cafardé plus tôt. | You would have snitched earlier. |
il | aurait cafardé | Il aurait cafardé sur son voisin. | He would have snitched on his neighbor. |
elle | aurait cafardé | Elle aurait cafardé à la police. | She would have snitched to the police. |
on | aurait cafardé | On aurait cafardé à l’école. | One would have snitched at school. |
nous | aurions cafardé | Nous aurions cafardé sur nos voisins. | We would have snitched on our neighbors. |
vous | auriez cafardé | Vous auriez cafardé avec eux. | You would have snitched with them. |
ils | auraient cafardé | Ils auraient cafardé sur leur collègue. | They would have snitched on their colleague. |
elles | auraient cafardé | Elles auraient cafardé sur leur amie. | They (female) would have snitched on their friend. |
Other Conjugations for Cafarder.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
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Cafarder – 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
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