Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Introduction to the verb déjouer
The English translation of the French verb déjouer is “to thwart” or “to foil.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “day-zhoo-ay.”
Déjouer comes from the Old French word desjouer, meaning “to cancel” or “to annul.” It is most commonly used in everyday French in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which is used to express a hypothetical past action or situation.
Here are three simple examples of déjouer in the Conditionnel Passé tense, with their respective English translations:
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Si j’avais suivi ton conseil, j’aurais déjoué les plans de mon chef. (If I had followed your advice, I would have thwarted my boss’s plans.)
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Ils auraient déjoué le système de sécurité sans se faire remarquer. (They would have foiled the security system without being noticed.)
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Je me serais déjoué du danger si j’avais été plus vigilant. (I would have avoided the danger if I had been more careful.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of déjouer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais déjoué | Si j’avais eu plus de temps, je t’aurais déjoué. | If I had had more time, I would have fooled you. |
tu | aurais déjoué | Tu aurais déjoué mes plans. | You would have thwarted my plans. |
il | aurait déjoué | Il aurait déjoué le piège. | He would have avoided the trap. |
elle | aurait déjoué | Elle aurait déjoué l’attaque. | She would have foiled the attack. |
on | aurait déjoué | On aurait déjoué leurs plans. | One would have foiled their plans. |
nous | aurions déjoué | Nous aurions déjoué leur complot. | We would have foiled their plot. |
vous | auriez déjoué | Vous auriez déjoué les plans ennemis. | You would have foiled the enemy’s plans. |
ils | auraient déjoué | Ils auraient déjoué la surveillance. | They would have eluded surveillance. |
elles | auraient déjoué | Elles auraient déjoué les contrôles. | They (female) would have evaded the controls. |
Other Conjugations for Déjouer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déjouer
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Déjouer – 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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