Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décrypter
Introduction to the verb décrypter
The English translation of the French verb décrypter is “to decipher” or “to decode.” The infinitive form, décrypter, is pronounced as “day-krip-tay.”
The word décrypter comes from the French prefix “dé,” meaning “to undo,” and the verb “crypter,” meaning “to encrypt.” It is most often used in everyday French to describe the action of interpreting or decoding something that is difficult to understand or has been intentionally made obscure.
In the Conditionnel Passé tense, décrypter is used to express a hypothetical or future action in the past, typically with the auxiliary verb “aurais” (would have) or “aurais dû” (should have). Here are three examples of its usage:
- Si j’avais suivi un cours de cryptographie, j’aurais pu décrypter ce message. (If I had taken a course in cryptography, I would have been able to decipher this message.)
- Ils auraient dû décrypter les documents avant de les publier. (They should have decoded the documents before publishing them.)
- Tu aurais dû me laisser décrypter le code avant d’essayer toi-même. (You should have let me decipher the code before trying it yourself.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of décrypter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais décrypté | Si j’avais su, je t’aurais décrypté. | I would have deciphered it if I had known. |
tu | aurais décrypté | Tu aurais décrypté le message. | You would have deciphered the message. |
il | aurait décrypté | Il aurait décrypté le code. | He would have decrypted the code. |
elle | aurait décrypté | Elle aurait décrypté le document. | She would have deciphered the document. |
on | aurait décrypté | On aurait décrypté le message. | One would have deciphered the message. |
nous | aurions décrypté | Nous aurions décrypté le fichier. | We would have deciphered the file. |
vous | auriez décrypté | Vous auriez décrypté le code. | You would have decrypted the code. |
ils | auraient décrypté | Ils auraient décrypté le message. | They would have deciphered the message. |
elles | auraient décrypté | Elles auraient décrypté le message. | They (female) would have deciphered the message. |
Other Conjugations for Décrypter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb décrypter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décrypter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décrypter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décrypter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décrypter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décrypter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décrypter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décrypter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décrypter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décrypter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décrypter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décrypter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décrypter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décrypter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décrypter (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décrypter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb décrypter
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Décrypter – 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
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