Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crouler
Introduction to the verb crouler
The English translation of the French verb crouler is “to crumble” or “to collapse”. The infinitive form is pronounced as “kroo-leh”.
The word crouler comes from the Old French word “croller” which means “to crush” or “to break into pieces”. It is most often used in everyday French in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which expresses a hypothetical or future event that is dependent on a condition that may or may not happen.
Here are three examples of crouler in the Conditionnel Passé tense with their respective English translations:
- Si tu avais mangé moins de sucre, tu n’aurais pas croulé sous le poids. (If you had eaten less sugar, you wouldn’t have crumbled under the weight.)
- Ils auraient croulé sous les dettes s’ils n’avaient pas gagné à la loterie. (They would have collapsed under debts if they hadn’t won the lottery.)
- Si la maison avait été mieux construite, elle n’aurait pas croulé sous la pression de la tempête. (If the house had been better built, it wouldn’t have crumbled under the pressure of the storm.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of crouler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais croulé | Si j’avais su, je serais croulé sous la pression. | If I had known, I would have crumbled under the pressure. |
tu | aurais croulé | Tu aurais croulé sous le poids. | You would have crumbled under the weight. |
il | aurait croulé | Il aurait croulé de fatigue. | He would have collapsed from exhaustion. |
elle | aurait croulé | Elle aurait croulé sous les critiques. | She would have crumbled under the criticism. |
on | aurait croulé | On aurait croulé sous le travail. | One would have crumbled under the work. |
nous | aurions croulé | Nous aurions croulé de rire. | We would have crumbled from laughter. |
vous | auriez croulé | Vous auriez croulé sous le stress. | You would have crumbled under the stress. |
ils | auraient croulé | Ils auraient croulé sous le poids des responsabilités. | They would have crumbled under the weight of responsibilities. |
elles | auraient croulé | Elles auraient croulé sous la pression sociale. | They (female) would have crumbled under social pressure. |
Other Conjugations for Crouler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb crouler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crouler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crouler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crouler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crouler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crouler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crouler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crouler
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crouler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crouler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crouler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crouler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crouler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crouler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crouler (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crouler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb crouler
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Crouler – 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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