Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Introduction to the verb démériter
The English translation of the French verb démériter is “to not deserve/to be unworthy of”. It is pronounced as “day-may-ree-tay” in its infinitive form.
The verb démériter comes from the Latin word “demerere”, which means “to lose one’s share”. In everyday French, it is most often used in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which is used to express a hypothetical situation in the past. This tense is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the conditional present tense, followed by the past participle of the verb.
Here are three examples of the verb démériter in the Conditionnel Passé tense:
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Si je n’avais pas travaillé aussi dur, j’aurais démérité cette promotion. (If I hadn’t worked so hard, I wouldn’t have deserved this promotion.)
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Tu aurais démérité d’être récompensé si tu avais menti. (You would have been unworthy of being rewarded if you had lied.)
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Ils auraient démérité leur victoire s’ils avaient triché. (They would have not deserved their victory if they had cheated.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of démériter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais démérité | Si j’avais travaillé plus, j’aurais démérité. | If I had worked more, I would have deserved it. |
tu | aurais démérité | Tu aurais démérité cette promotion. | You would have undeserved this promotion. |
il | aurait démérité | Il aurait démérité pour son manque d’effort. | He would have deserved for his lack of effort. |
elle | aurait démérité | Elle aurait démérité cette récompense. | She would have deserved this reward. |
on | aurait démérité | On aurait démérité de nos actions. | One would have deserved our actions. |
nous | aurions démérité | Nous aurions démérité cette punition. | We would have deserved this punishment. |
vous | auriez démérité | Vous auriez démérité vos avantages. | You would have deserved your benefits. |
ils | auraient démérité | Ils auraient démérité cette sanction. | They would have deserved this sanction. |
elles | auraient démérité | Elles auraient démérité ce reproche. | They (female) would have deserved this reproach. |
Other Conjugations for Démériter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb démériter
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Démériter – 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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