Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Introduction to the verb détrôner
The English translation of the French verb détrôner is “to dethrone.” It is pronounced as “day-trohn-ay” in its infinitive form.
Détrôner comes from the Old French word “detrundre,” meaning “to unseat” or “to remove from a throne.” It is composed of the prefix “de-” meaning “to remove” and the word “trône” meaning “throne.”
In everyday French, détrôner is most often used in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which is used to express a hypothetical or unreal action in the past. It is formed by using the auxiliary verb “avoir” or “être” in the Conditionnel Présent tense followed by the past participle of détrôner.
Here are three simple examples of détrôner in the Conditionnel Passé tense with their respective English translations:
- Si j’avais été là, j’aurais détrôné le roi. (If I had been there, I would have dethroned the king.)
- Elle se serait détrônée elle-même si elle avait échoué. (She would have dethroned herself if she had failed.)
- Nous aurions détrôné le président si nous avions gagné les élections. (We would have dethroned the president if we had won the elections.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of détrôner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais détrôné | Si j’avais su, je t’aurais détrôné. | I would have unseated you. |
tu | aurais détrôné | Tu aurais détrôné le champion. | You would have dethroned the champion. |
il | aurait détrôné | Il aurait détrôné son père. | He would have dethroned his father. |
elle | aurait détrôné | Elle aurait détrôné la reine. | She would have dethroned the queen. |
on | aurait détrôné | On aurait détrôné le président. | One would have dethroned the president. |
nous | aurions détrôné | Nous aurions détrôné cette dictature. | We would have overthrown this dictatorship. |
vous | auriez détrôné | Vous auriez détrôné le tyran. | You would have deposed the tyrant. |
ils | auraient détrôné | Ils auraient détrôné le roi. | They would have dethroned the king. |
elles | auraient détrôné | Elles auraient détrôné le sultan. | They (female) would have dethroned the sultan. |
Other Conjugations for Détrôner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb détrôner
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Détrôner – 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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