Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chaponner
Introduction to the verb chaponner
The English translation of the French verb chaponner is “to caponize” or “to castrate.” It is pronounced “sha-poh-nay.”
Chaponner comes from the word “chapon,” which means “capon” (a castrated rooster), and the suffix “-er,” which is used to form verbs. In everyday French, chaponner is most often used in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which is used to talk about hypothetical or possible events in the past.
Examples:
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Si j’avais suivi cette formation, j’aurais pu chaponner des poulets pour gagner plus d’argent. (If I had taken that training, I could have castrated chickens to earn more money.)
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Nous aurions dû chaponner le coq avant qu’il ne devienne trop agressif. (We should have caponized the rooster before he became too aggressive.)
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Si tu n’étais pas allé à la fête, tu ne te serais pas fait chaponner par ces filles. (If you hadn’t gone to the party, you wouldn’t have been castrated by those girls.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of chaponner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais chaponné | Si j’avais su, je t’aurais chaponné. | I would have chaponned you. |
tu | aurais chaponné | Tu aurais chaponné plus tôt. | You would have chaponned earlier. |
il | aurait chaponné | Il aurait chaponné le poulet. | He would have chaponned the chicken. |
elle | aurait chaponné | Elle aurait chaponné le gigot. | She would have chaponned the leg of lamb. |
on | aurait chaponné | On aurait chaponné pour le repas. | One would have chaponned for the meal. |
nous | aurions chaponné | Nous aurions chaponné à Noël. | We would have chaponned at Christmas. |
vous | auriez chaponné | Vous auriez chaponné avec vos voisins. | You would have chaponned with your neighbors. |
ils | auraient chaponné | Ils auraient chaponné pour la fête. | They would have chaponned for the party. |
elles | auraient chaponné | Elles auraient chaponné ensemble. | They (female) would have chaponned together. |
Other Conjugations for Chaponner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb chaponner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chaponner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chaponner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chaponner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chaponner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chaponner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chaponner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chaponner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chaponner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chaponner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chaponner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chaponner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chaponner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chaponner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chaponner (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chaponner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chaponner
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Chaponner – 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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