Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conformer
Introduction to the verb conformer
The English translation of the French verb conformer is “to conform.” It is pronounced as “kohN-for-meh.”
Conformer comes from the Latin word “conformare,” meaning “to shape together.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which corresponds to the English past conditional tense. This tense indicates an action that would have taken place in the past if certain conditions had been met.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in this tense:
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Si j’avais suivi tes conseils, je me serais conformé à leurs règles. (If I had followed your advice, I would have conformed to their rules.)
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Vous auriez dû vous conformer aux instructions du chef. (You should have conformed to the chef’s instructions.)
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Ils se seraient conformés à la tradition familiale s’ils avaient eu le choix. (They would have conformed to the family tradition if they had had the choice.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of conformer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | me serais | Si j’avais su, je me serais conformé. | I would have conformed myself. |
tu | te serais | Tu te serais conformé à leurs règles. | You would have conformed to their rules. |
il | se serait | Il ne se serait pas conformé à la norme. | He would not have conformed to the norm. |
elle | se serait | Elle se serait conformée aux attentes. | She would have conformed to expectations. |
on | se serait | On se serait conformé au protocole. | One would have conformed to the protocol. |
nous | nous serions | Nous nous serions conformés aux lois. | We would have conformed to the laws. |
vous | vous seriez | Vous vous seriez conformés à la tradition. | You would have conformed to tradition. |
ils | se seraient | Ils se seraient conformés aux instructions. | They would have conformed to the instructions. |
elles | se seraient | Elles se seraient conformées aux normes. | They (female) would have conformed to the standards. |
Other Conjugations for Conformer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb conformer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conformer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conformer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conformer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conformer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conformer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conformer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conformer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conformer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conformer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conformer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conformer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conformer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conformer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conformer (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conformer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb conformer
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Conformer – 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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