Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décharner
Introduction to the verb décharner
The English translation of the French verb décharner is “to unearth” or “to dig up”. The infinitive form is pronounced as “day-shar-nay”.
Décharner comes from the French word “chair” which means “flesh” and “dé” which means “from”, so it literally means “to take the flesh off”. In everyday French, décharner is most often used in the Conditionnel Passé tense to express a hypothetical or imagined action that would have taken place in the past. It is often used in conjunction with “si” (if) and followed by the past participle of the main verb.
Here are three simple examples of décharner in the Conditionnel Passé tense with their English translations:
- Si j’avais pu, j’aurais décharné toute la zone archéologique. (If I had been able to, I would have unearthed the entire archaeological site.)
- Mes amis ont trouvé un vieux coffre dans leur jardin. Si j’avais été là, je l’aurais décharné pour voir ce qu’il y avait à l’intérieur. (My friends found an old chest in their garden. If I had been there, I would have dug it up to see what was inside.)
- Si tu avais vu cet endroit avant qu’on ne le décharne, tu n’en croirais pas tes yeux. (If you had seen this place before we unearthed it, you wouldn’t believe your eyes.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of décharner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais décharné | Si j’avais fait du sport, j’aurais décharné. | If I had exercised, I would have lost weight. |
tu | aurais décharné | Tu aurais décharné les os. | You would have stripped the bones. |
il | aurait décharné | Il aurait décharné le jardin. | He would have cleared the garden. |
elle | aurait décharné | Elle aurait décharné la viande. | She would have removed the flesh from the meat. |
on | aurait décharné | On aurait décharné les vieux meubles. | One would have cleared out the old furniture. |
nous | aurions décharné | Nous aurions décharné la terre. | We would have tilled the soil. |
vous | auriez décharné | Vous auriez décharné les archives. | You would have cleared out the archives. |
ils | auraient décharné | Ils auraient décharné les poubelles. | They would have emptied the trash cans. |
elles | auraient décharné | Elles auraient décharné les fruits. | They (female) would have peeled the fruits. |
Other Conjugations for Décharner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb décharner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décharner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décharner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décharner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décharner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décharner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décharner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décharner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décharner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décharner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décharner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décharner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décharner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décharner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décharner (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décharner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décharner
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Décharner – 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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