Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déferrer
Introduction to the verb déferrer
The English translation of the French verb déferrer is “to remove shoes from a horse.” It is pronounced “day-fehr-ray.”
The language origin of déferrer can be traced back to the Latin word “ferrare,” which means “to shoe a horse.” In everyday French, déferrer is most commonly used in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which is the equivalent of the English “would have + past participle.”
Here are three simple examples of its usage in this tense:
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Si j’avais su que c’était si boueux, j’aurais déferré mon cheval. (If I had known it was so muddy, I would have removed my horse’s shoes.)
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Nous aurions déferré nos chevaux avant de traverser la rivière. (We would have taken off our horses’ shoes before crossing the river.)
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Tu aurais déferré le cheval avant de le mettre au pré. (You would have taken off the horse’s shoes before putting it in the pasture.)
Note: In all of these examples, the verb déferrer is conjugated in the Conditionnel Passé tense (aurais déferré for “I would have removed,” aurions déferré for “we would have removed,” and aurais déferré for “you would have removed”).
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of déferrer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais déferré | Si j’avais pu, je t’aurais déferré. | I would have taken your shoes off. |
tu | aurais déferré | Tu aurais déferré ton cheval. | You would have taken off your horse’s shoes. |
il | aurait déferré | Il aurait déferré le cheval. | He would have taken off the horse’s shoes. |
elle | aurait déferré | Elle aurait déferré son cheval. | She would have taken off her horse’s shoes. |
on | aurait déferré | On aurait déferré nos chevaux. | One would have taken off our horses’ shoes. |
nous | aurions déferré | Nous aurions déferré les chevaux. | We would have taken off the horses’ shoes. |
vous | auriez déferré | Vous auriez déferré leurs chevaux. | You would have taken off their horses’ shoes. |
ils | auraient déferré | Ils auraient déferré les chevaux. | They would have taken off the horses’ shoes. |
elles | auraient déferré | Elles auraient déferré leurs chevaux. | They (female) would have taken off their horses’ shoes. |
Other Conjugations for Déferrer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb déferrer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déferrer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déferrer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déferrer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déferrer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déferrer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déferrer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déferrer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déferrer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déferrer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déferrer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déferrer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déferrer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déferrer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déferrer (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déferrer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déferrer
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Déferrer – 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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