Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décacheter
Introduction to the verb décacheter
The English translation of the French verb décacheter is “to unseal” or “to open”. It is pronounced as “day-kah-shay-tay”.
The word décacheter is derived from the prefix “dé-“, meaning “un” or “to undo”, and the word “cacheter”, which comes from the Latin “cachetum” meaning “seal”. It is most often used in everyday French in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which is used to express a hypothetical past action or possibility.
Examples of décacheter in the Conditionnel Passé tense include:
- Si j’avais eu la clé, j’aurais décacheté la lettre hier. (If I had had the key, I would have unsealed the letter yesterday.)
- Nous aurions décacheté le carton mais il était mal scellé. (We would have opened the box but it was poorly sealed.)
- Tu m’aurais aidé à décacheter les enveloppes si tu avais été là. (You would have helped me open the envelopes if you had been there.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of décacheter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais décacheté | Si j’avais su, je t’aurais décacheté. | I would have opened your letter. |
tu | aurais décacheté | Tu aurais décacheté plus tôt. | You would have opened earlier. |
il | aurait décacheté | Il aurait décacheté le paquet. | He would have opened the package. |
elle | aurait décacheté | Elle aurait décacheté la lettre. | She would have opened the letter. |
on | aurait décacheté | On aurait décacheté le colis. | One would have opened the package. |
nous | aurions décacheté | Nous aurions décacheté les lettres. | We would have opened the letters. |
vous | auriez décacheté | Vous auriez décacheté avec précaution. | You would have opened carefully. |
ils | auraient décacheté | Ils auraient décacheté tous les paquets. | They would have opened all of the packages. |
elles | auraient décacheté | Elles auraient décacheté les enveloppes. | They (female) would have opened the envelopes. |
Other Conjugations for Décacheter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb décacheter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décacheter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décacheter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décacheter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décacheter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décacheter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décacheter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décacheter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décacheter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décacheter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décacheter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décacheter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décacheter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décacheter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décacheter (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décacheter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décacheter
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Décacheter – 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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