Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Introduction to the verb cosser
The English translation of the French verb cosser is “to fuss/to bother.” It is pronounced as “koh-seh.”
Cosser comes from the Old French word “coser” meaning “to sew” and evolved to mean “to fuss/to bother” in modern French. It is most often used in everyday French in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which expresses a hypothetical or unreal past action.
Examples:
- Si j’avais su que ça te cosserait autant, je ne t’aurais pas demandé de m’aider. (If I had known it would bother you so much, I wouldn’t have asked you to help me.)
- Elle aurait été plus calme si tu ne l’avais pas tant cosser avec tes questions. (She would have been calmer if you hadn’t bothered her so much with your questions.)
- Nous aurions gagné du temps si tu n’avais pas cosser avec ton téléphone toute la journée. (We would have saved time if you hadn’t fussed with your phone all day.)
English translations:
- If I had known it would bother you so much, I wouldn’t have asked you to help me.
- She would have been calmer if you hadn’t bothered her so much with your questions.
- We would have saved time if you hadn’t fussed with your phone all day.
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of cosser
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais coassé | Si j’avais su, je t’aurais coassé. | I would have croaked to you. |
tu | aurais coassé | Tu aurais coassé plus tôt. | You would have croaked earlier. |
il | aurait coassé | Il aurait coassé toute la nuit. | He would have croaked all night. |
elle | aurait coassé | Elle aurait coassé avec les grenouilles. | She would have croaked with the frogs. |
on | aurait coassé | On aurait coassé toute la soirée. | One would have croaked all evening. |
nous | aurions coassé | Nous aurions coassé toute la journée. | We would have croaked all day. |
vous | auriez coassé | Vous auriez coassé avec eux. | You would have croaked with them. |
ils | auraient coassé | Ils auraient coassé pendant des heures. | They would have croaked for hours. |
elles | auraient coassé | Elles auraient coassé ensemble. | They (female) would have croaked together. |
Other Conjugations for Cosser.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cosser
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Cosser – 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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