Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérailler
Introduction to the verb dérailler
The English translation of the French verb dérailler is “to derail.” It is pronounced “day-ray-ay.”
The word dérailler is derived from the prefix “dé-“, which often indicates a reversal or change, and the verb “railler,” meaning “to make fun of” or “to mock.” Together, dérailler can be understood as “to make fun of the intended course or direction.”
In everyday French, dérailler is most often used in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which expresses a hypothetical or unreal action in the past. It is formed by conjugating the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the Conditionnel Présent tense, followed by the past participle of dérailler (“déraillé”).
Here are three examples of dérailler used in the Conditionnel Passé tense with their English translations:
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Si tu avais répondu oui, tout aurait déraillé.
(If you had said yes, everything would have derailed.) -
Nous serions arrivés à l’heure si le train n’avait pas déraillé.
(We would have arrived on time if the train hadn’t derailed.) -
J’aurais été très énervé si ma voiture avait déraillé.
(I would have been very upset if my car had derailed.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of dérailler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais déraillé | Si je n’avais pas fait attention, j’aurais déraillé. | If I hadn’t paid attention, I would have derailed. |
tu | aurais déraillé | Tu aurais déraillé si tu avais pris ce virage trop vite. | You would have derailed if you had taken this turn too fast. |
il | aurait déraillé | Il aurait déraillé s’il n’y avait pas eu de réparations sur la voie. | He would have derailed if there hadn’t been any repairs on the track. |
elle | aurait déraillé | Elle aurait déraillé si elle avait pris ce train. | She would have derailed if she had taken this train. |
on | aurait déraillé | On aurait déraillé si on était arrivés plus tard. | One would have derailed if they had arrived later. |
nous | aurions déraillé | Nous aurions déraillé s’il n’y avait pas eu de signal d’alarme. | We would have derailed if there hadn’t been an alarm signal. |
vous | auriez déraillé | Vous auriez déraillé en suivant cette route. | You would have derailed if you had followed this road. |
ils | auraient déraillé | Ils auraient déraillé sans l’intervention du conducteur. | They would have derailed without the intervention of the conductor. |
elles | auraient déraillé | Elles auraient déraillé si elles avaient pris ce train. | They (female) would have derailed if they had taken this train. |
Other Conjugations for Dérailler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb dérailler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérailler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérailler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérailler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérailler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérailler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérailler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérailler
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérailler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérailler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérailler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérailler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérailler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérailler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérailler (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérailler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb dérailler
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Dérailler – 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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