Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clabauder
Introduction to the verb clabauder
The English translation of the French verb clabauder is “to gossip” or “to babble”. It is pronounced “kla-bow-deh”.
The word clabauder comes from the Old French word “clabaud”, meaning “chatterbox” or “babbler”. It is most often used in everyday French in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the Conditionnel Présent tense followed by the past participle of clabauder (clabaudé).
Here are three simple examples of its usage in this tense, with their respective English translations:
- Si tu avais arrêté de clabauder, personne ne t’aurait entendu. (If you had stopped gossiping, no one would have heard you.)
- Elle aurait clabaudé toute la soirée si je ne l’avais pas interrompue. (She would have babbled all evening if I hadn’t interrupted her.)
- Nous serions heureux si les voisins ne clabaudaient pas autant. (We would be happy if the neighbors didn’t gossip so much.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of clabauder
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais clabaudé | Si j’avais su, je t’aurais clabaudé. | I would have gossiped about you. |
tu | aurais clabaudé | Tu aurais clabaudé plus tôt. | You would have gossiped earlier. |
il | aurait clabaudé | Il aurait clabaudé sur ses voisins. | He would have gossiped about his neighbors. |
elle | aurait clabaudé | Elle aurait clabaudé avec ses amies. | She would have gossiped with her friends. |
on | aurait clabaudé | On aurait clabaudé sur tout le monde. | One would have gossiped about everyone. |
nous | aurions clabaudé | Nous aurions clabaudé au marché. | We would have gossiped at the market. |
vous | auriez clabaudé | Vous auriez clabaudé à propos des potins. | You would have gossiped about the gossip. |
ils | auraient clabaudé | Ils auraient clabaudé sur leurs collègues. | They would have gossiped about their colleagues. |
elles | auraient clabaudé | Elles auraient clabaudé au sujet de leurs voisines. | They (female) would have gossiped about their neighbors. |
Other Conjugations for Clabauder.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb clabauder
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clabauder
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clabauder
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clabauder
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clabauder
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clabauder
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clabauder
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clabauder
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clabauder
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clabauder
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clabauder
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clabauder
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clabauder
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clabauder
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clabauder (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clabauder
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb clabauder
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Clabauder – 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
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