Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ciseler
Introduction to the verb ciseler
The English translation of the French verb ciseler is “to chisel” or “to carve”. It is pronounced as “seez-uh-leh” in its infinitive form.
Ciseler comes from the Latin word “cisellare” which means “to engrave”. It is most often used in everyday French in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which expresses a hypothetical action or event in the past.
Three simple examples of its usage in this tense are:
- Si j’avais eu plus de temps, j’aurais pu ciseler davantage les détails de la sculpture. (If I had had more time, I could have chiseled more details into the sculpture.)
- Nous aurions dû ciseler les légumes plus finement pour qu’ils cuisent plus rapidement. (We should have finely chopped the vegetables so they would cook faster.)
- Elle aurait aimé apprendre à ciseler des bijoux en argent, mais elle n’a jamais eu l’occasion de le faire. (She would have liked to learn how to carve silver jewelry, but she never had the opportunity to do so.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of ciseler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais ciselé | Si j’avais eu le temps, j’aurais ciselé un bijou. | If I had had the time, I would have crafted a piece of jewelry. |
tu | aurais ciselé | Tu aurais ciselé les légumes pour la soupe. | You would have finely chopped the vegetables for the soup. |
il | aurait ciselé | Il aurait ciselé les lettres à la main. | He would have etched the letters by hand. |
elle | aurait ciselé | Elle aurait ciselé chaque détail avec soin. | She would have carefully carved each detail. |
on | aurait ciselé | On aurait ciselé des motifs sur le tissu. | One would have embroidered patterns onto the fabric. |
nous | aurions ciselé | Nous aurions ciselé ensemble un meuble. | We would have chiseled a piece of furniture together. |
vous | auriez ciselé | Vous auriez ciselé les contours de la sculpture. | You would have chiseled the outlines of the sculpture. |
ils | auraient ciselé | Ils auraient ciselé des bijoux en argent. | They would have crafted silver jewelry. |
elles | auraient ciselé | Elles auraient ciselé leur nom sur la pierre. | They (female) would have engraved their name on the stone. |
Other Conjugations for Ciseler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb ciseler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ciseler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ciseler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ciseler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ciseler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ciseler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ciseler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ciseler
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ciseler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ciseler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ciseler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ciseler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ciseler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ciseler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ciseler (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ciseler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ciseler
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Ciseler – 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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