Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Introduction to the verb décapiter
The English translation of the French verb décapiter is “to decapitate.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “day-ka-pee-tay.”
The word décapiter comes from the Latin “decapitare,” which means “to cut off the head.” It is most often used in everyday French to describe the action of cutting off someone’s head, either as a form of execution or in a violent act.
In the Conditionnel Passé tense, which is used to express a hypothetical or imaginary action in the past, décapiter would be conjugated as follows:
- J’aurais décapité (I would have decapitated)
- Tu aurais décapité (You would have decapitated)
- Il/Elle aurait décapité (He/She would have decapitated)
- Nous aurions décapité (We would have decapitated)
- Vous auriez décapité (You would have decapitated)
- Ils/Elles auraient décapité (They would have decapitated)
Here are three examples of décapiter in the Conditionnel Passé tense, along with their English translations:
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Si j’avais eu le courage, j’aurais décapité le tyran. (If I had had the courage, I would have decapitated the tyrant.)
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Tu aurais décapité le serpent si tu en avais eu l’occasion. (You would have decapitated the snake if you had had the chance.)
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Nous aurions décapité la statue du dictateur si nous avions réussi à entrer dans le palais. (We would have decapitated the dictator’s statue if we had managed to enter the palace.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of décapiter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais décapité | Si j’avais pu, je t’aurais décapité. | I would have beheaded you if I could. |
tu | aurais décapité | Tu aurais décapité le monstre. | You would have beheaded the monster. |
il | aurait décapité | Il aurait décapité le roi. | He would have beheaded the king. |
elle | aurait décapité | Elle aurait décapité sa rivale. | She would have beheaded her rival. |
on | aurait décapité | On aurait décapité le criminel. | One would have beheaded the criminal. |
nous | aurions décapité | Nous aurions décapité nos ennemis. | We would have beheaded our enemies. |
vous | auriez décapité | Vous auriez décapité les ennemis. | You would have beheaded the enemies. |
ils | auraient décapité | Ils auraient décapité leurs ennemis. | They would have beheaded their enemies. |
elles | auraient décapité | Elles auraient décapité les ennemis. | They (female) would have beheaded the enemies. |
Other Conjugations for Décapiter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décapiter
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Décapiter – 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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