Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Introduction to the verb dépailler
The English translation of the French verb dépailler is “to break up/pulverize/harvest straw.” It is pronounced as “day-pigh-yay.”
Dépailler comes from the French word “paille” meaning “straw” and the prefix “dé-” which often indicates an action in the opposite direction or undoing of something. In everyday French, dépailler is most often used in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which expresses a hypothetical or possible action that would have taken place in the past if a certain condition had been met.
Examples:
- Si j’avais eu le temps, j’aurais dépaillé tout le foin pour le bétail. (If I had had time, I would have broken up all the hay for the livestock.)
- Il aurait fallu dépailler le blé avant de le stocker pour éviter qu’il ne moisisse. (We should have harvested the wheat before storing it to prevent it from molding.)
- Si tu avais suivi mes conseils, tu n’aurais pas eu à dépailler toutes ces bottes de paille. (If you had followed my advice, you wouldn’t have had to break up all those bales of straw.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of dépailler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais dépaillé | Si j’avais su, je t’aurais dépaillé. | I would have removed the straw from you. |
tu | aurais dépaillé | Tu aurais dépaillé plus tôt. | You would have removed the straw earlier. |
il | aurait dépaillé | Il aurait dépaillé la botte. | He would have removed the straw from the bundle. |
elle | aurait dépaillé | Elle aurait dépaillé le foin. | She would have removed the straw from the hay. |
on | aurait dépaillé | On aurait dépaillé le champ. | One would have removed the straw from the field. |
nous | aurions dépaillé | Nous aurions dépaillé ensemble. | We would have removed the straw together. |
vous | auriez dépaillé | Vous auriez dépaillé avec nous. | You would have removed the straw with us. |
ils | auraient dépaillé | Ils auraient dépaillé les bottes. | They would have removed the straw from the bundles. |
elles | auraient dépaillé | Elles auraient dépaillé toutes les bottes. | They (female) would have removed the straw from all the bundles. |
Other Conjugations for Dépailler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dépailler
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Dépailler – 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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