Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Introduction to the verb dénuer
The English translation of the French verb dénuer is “to strip” or “to deprive.” It is pronounced as [de-nwey].
The word dénuer comes from the Latin word “denudare,” which means “to make bare” or “to uncover.” It is often used in everyday French in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which is the conditional perfect tense used to express an action that would have taken place in the past if certain conditions had been met.
Three simple examples of its usage in the Conditionnel Passé tense are:
- Si j’avais eu plus d’argent, j’aurais dénué ma pièce de vêtements. (If I had had more money, I would have stripped my room of clothes.)
- Tu aurais dénué la forêt de ses arbres si tu avais continué à les couper. (You would have deprived the forest of its trees if you had continued to cut them down.)
- Elle aurait dénué son frère de son héritage s’il n’avait pas changé son testament. (She would have stripped her brother of his inheritance if he had not changed his will.)
English translations:
- If I had had more money, I would have cleared my room of clothes.
- You would have deprived the forest of its trees if you had continued to cut them down.
- She would have deprived her brother of his inheritance if he had not changed his will.
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of dénuer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais dénué | Si j’avais su, je t’aurais dénué. | I would have deprived you. |
tu | aurais dénué | Tu aurais dénué plus tôt. | You would have deprived earlier. |
il | aurait dénué | Il aurait dénué ses biens. | He would have stripped his possessions. |
elle | aurait dénué | Elle aurait dénué sa chambre. | She would have emptied her room. |
on | aurait dénué | On aurait dénué la forêt. | One would have denuded the forest. |
nous | aurions dénué | Nous aurions dénué le jardin. | We would have stripped the garden. |
vous | auriez dénué | Vous auriez dénué vos enfants. | You would have deprived your children. |
ils | auraient dénué | Ils auraient dénué la ville. | They would have stripped the city. |
elles | auraient dénué | Elles auraient dénué leur entreprise. | They (female) would have stripped their business. |
Other Conjugations for Dénuer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dénuer
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Dénuer – 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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