Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Introduction to the verb cauchemarder
The English translation of the French verb cauchemarder is “to have nightmares.” It is pronounced as “koh-shuh-mar-day.”
The origin of the word cauchemarder is from the French words “caucher” which means “to press down” and “mard” which means “to harm,” reflecting the feeling of being oppressed or harmed during a nightmare.
In everyday French, cauchemarder is most often used in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which is used to express a hypothetical or unreal past action.
Here are three examples of cauchemarder in the Conditionnel Passé tense:
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Si j’avais mangé ce gâteau avant de dormir, j’aurais sûrement cauchemardé. (If I had eaten that cake before sleeping, I would have surely had nightmares.)
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Elle aurait cauchemardé toute la nuit si elle avait vu ce film d’horreur. (She would have had nightmares all night if she had watched that horror movie.)
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Tu aurais cauchemardé si tu avais vu l’accident. (You would have had nightmares if you had seen the accident.)
English translations:
- If I had eaten that cake before sleeping, I would have surely had nightmares.
- She would have had nightmares all night if she had watched that horror movie.
- You would have had nightmares if you had seen the accident.
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of cauchemarder
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais cauchemardé | Si j’avais su, j’aurais cauchemardé. | I would have had nightmares. |
tu | aurais cauchemardé | Tu aurais cauchemardé toute la nuit. | You would have had nightmares all night. |
il | aurait cauchemardé | Il aurait cauchemardé à cause du stress. | He would have had nightmares because of stress. |
elle | aurait cauchemardé | Elle aurait cauchemardé après avoir vu le film. | She would have had nightmares after watching the movie. |
on | aurait cauchemardé | On aurait cauchemardé à cause de la nourriture épicée. | One would have had nightmares because of spicy food. |
nous | aurions cauchemardé | Nous aurions cauchemardé à cause du voyage. | We would have had nightmares because of the trip. |
vous | auriez cauchemardé | Vous auriez cauchemardé après avoir lu ce livre. | You would have had nightmares after reading this book. |
ils | auraient cauchemardé | Ils auraient cauchemardé toute la semaine. | They would have had nightmares all week. |
elles | auraient cauchemardé | Elles auraient cauchemardé après avoir regardé un film d’horreur. | They (female) would have had nightmares after watching a horror movie. |
Other Conjugations for Cauchemarder.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cauchemarder
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Cauchemarder – 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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