Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caporaliser
Introduction to the verb caporaliser
The English translation of the French verb caporaliser is “to militarize” or “to turn into a sergeant.” It is pronounced as “ka-poh-rah-lee-zay.”
The word caporaliser comes from the French noun “caporal,” which means “sergeant.” The suffix “-iser” is added to verbs to indicate a transformation or action. Therefore, caporaliser literally means “to make into a sergeant” or “to give military characteristics to.”
In everyday French, caporaliser is often used in the Conditionnel Passé tense to express a hypothetical situation in the past or to talk about a possibility that did not happen. It is conjugated as follows:
je caporaliserais
tu caporaliserais
il/elle caporaliserait
nous caporaliserions
vous caporaliseriez
ils/elles caporaliseraient
Some examples of its usage in this tense with English translations are:
- Si j’avais accepté ce poste, je caporaliserais mon équipe. (If I had accepted this position, I would have militarized my team.)
- Nous aurions caporalisé le quartier si nous avions eu plus de temps. (We would have turned the neighborhood into a military zone if we had more time.)
- Vous auriez caporalisé vos enfants si vous aviez été plus stricts avec eux. (You would have given military characteristics to your children if you had been stricter with them.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of caporaliser
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais caporalisé | Si j’avais été accepté, j’aurais caporalisé. | If I had been accepted, I would have been promoted. |
tu | aurais caporalisé | Tu aurais caporalisé cette équipe. | You would have taken control of this team. |
il | aurait caporalisé | Il aurait caporalisé les soldats. | He would have made the soldiers follow orders. |
elle | aurait caporalisé | Elle aurait caporalisé les employés. | She would have become the boss of the employees. |
on | aurait caporalisé | On aurait caporalisé l’armée. | One would have given orders to the army. |
nous | aurions caporalisé | Nous aurions caporalisé la société. | We would have taken control of the company. |
vous | auriez caporalisé | Vous auriez caporalisé cette situation. | You would have taken charge of this situation. |
ils | auraient caporalisé | Ils auraient caporalisé le pays. | They would have controlled the country. |
elles | auraient caporalisé | Elles auraient caporalisé la ville. | They (female) would have taken control of the city. |
Other Conjugations for Caporaliser.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb caporaliser
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caporaliser
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caporaliser
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caporaliser
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caporaliser
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caporaliser
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caporaliser
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caporaliser
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caporaliser
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caporaliser
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caporaliser
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caporaliser
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caporaliser
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caporaliser (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caporaliser
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb caporaliser
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Caporaliser – 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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