Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carapater
Introduction to the verb carapater
The English translation of the French verb carapater is “to flee” or “to run away.” The infinitive form of carapater is pronounced as “kah-rah-pah-tey.”
Carapater comes from the word “carapace,” which means “shell” or “armor” in French. Over time, the verb carapater has developed to mean “to flee like a turtle retreating into its shell.”
In everyday French, carapater is most commonly used in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which expresses a hypothetical or imagined action that would have happened in the past under certain conditions.
Examples:
- Si je l’avais vu, je me serais carapaté tout de suite. (If I had seen him, I would have run away immediately.)
- Ils se seraient carapatés avant que la police n’arrive. (They would have fled before the police arrived.)
- Tu te serais carapaté si tu avais su ce qui allait se passer. (You would have run away if you had known what was going to happen.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of carapater
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais carapaté | Si j’avais su, je t’aurais carapaté. | I would have scampered away if I had known. |
tu | aurais carapaté | Tu aurais carapaté plus vite. | You would have run away faster. |
il | aurait carapaté | Il aurait carapaté en voyant le chat. | He would have bolted upon seeing the cat. |
elle | aurait carapaté | Elle aurait carapaté dès le départ. | She would have fled from the start. |
on | aurait carapaté | On aurait carapaté si on avait peur. | One would have taken off if one was scared. |
nous | aurions carapaté | Nous aurions carapaté en équipe. | We would have run away as a team. |
vous | auriez carapaté | Vous auriez carapaté sans hésiter. | You would have scampered away without hesitation. |
ils | auraient carapaté | Ils auraient carapaté à la vue de l’ennemi. | They would have fled at the sight of the enemy. |
elles | auraient carapaté | Elles auraient carapaté en criant. | They (female) would have run away screaming. |
Other Conjugations for Carapater.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb carapater
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carapater
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carapater
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carapater
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carapater
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carapater
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carapater
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carapater
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carapater
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carapater
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carapater
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carapater
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carapater
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carapater
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carapater (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carapater
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb carapater
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Carapater – 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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