Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Introduction to the verb démâter
The English translation of the French verb démâter is “to unstep” or “to dismantle” in nautical terms. The infinitive form of démâter is pronounced “day-mah-tay”.
The language origin of démâter comes from the combination of the prefix “dé-” which means “to remove” and the word “mât” which means “mast” in French. It is most often used in everyday French in the Conditionnel Passé tense to indicate a hypothetical or unrealized action in the past.
Three simple examples of its usage in this tense, with the respective English translations, are:
- Si j’avais pu, j’aurais démâté le bateau avant que la tempête n’arrive. (If I had been able to, I would have unstepped the boat before the storm arrived.)
- Nous aurions dû démâter les voiles pour éviter que le vent ne les endommage. (We should have dismantled the sails to avoid them getting damaged by the wind.)
- Il aurait fallu démâter le navire pour le remorquer jusqu’au port. (We would have had to unstep the ship to tow it to the harbor.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of démâter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais démâté | Si j’avais su, j’aurais démâté. | I would have unrigged. |
tu | aurais démâté | Tu aurais démâté le bateau. | You would have unrigged the boat. |
il | aurait démâté | Il aurait démâté par accident. | He would have unrigged by accident. |
elle | aurait démâté | Elle aurait démâté le voilier. | She would have unrigged the sailboat. |
on | aurait démâté | On aurait rapidement démâté. | One would have quickly unrigged. |
nous | aurions démâté | Nous aurions démâté ensemble. | We would have unrigged together. |
vous | auriez démâté | Vous auriez démâté si vite. | You would have unrigged so quickly. |
ils | auraient démâté | Ils auraient démâté sur l’océan. | They would have unrigged on the ocean. |
elles | auraient démâté | Elles auraient démâté en mer. | They (female) would have unrigged at sea. |
Other Conjugations for Démâter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démâter
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Démâter – 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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