Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discounter
Introduction to the verb discounter
The English translation of the French verb discounter is “to discount.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “dees-kon-ter.”
The word discounter comes from the French word “discount,” which is derived from the Latin word “discountare” meaning “to deduct” or “to count off.” In everyday French, discounter is commonly used in the Conditionnel Passé tense to express a hypothetical past action or situation.
Here are three simple examples of discounter in the Conditionnel Passé tense with their respective English translations:
- Si j’avais su, j’aurais discounté le prix de cette voiture. (If I had known, I would have discounted the price of this car.)
- Tu aurais dû discounté ces produits plus tôt. (You should have discounted these products earlier.)
- Nous aurions discounté nos billets de train si nous avions su qu’il y aurait une grève. (We would have discounted our train tickets if we had known there would be a strike.)
In these examples, the verb discounter is conjugated in the Conditionnel Passé tense (aurais discounté) to indicate a hypothetical action or situation in the past. The English translations use the conditional perfect tense (“would have discounted”) to express the same idea.
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of discounter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais discounté | Si j’avais plus de temps, je t’aurais discounté. | If I had more time, I would have given you a discount. |
tu | aurais discounté | Tu aurais discounté le produit. | You would have discounted the product. |
il | aurait discounté | Il aurait discounté le prix. | He would have discounted the price. |
elle | aurait discounté | Elle aurait discounté le prix pour nous. | She would have given us a discount. |
on | aurait discounté | On aurait discounté les articles. | We (informal) would have discounted the items. |
nous | aurions discounté | Nous aurions discounté les produits. | We would have discounted the products. |
vous | auriez discounté | Vous auriez discounté avec nous. | You would have given us a discount. |
ils | auraient discounté | Ils auraient discounté les services. | They would have discounted the services. |
elles | auraient discounté | Elles auraient discounté les articles. | They (female) would have discounted the items. |
Other Conjugations for Discounter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb discounter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discounter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discounter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discounter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discounter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discounter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discounter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discounter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discounter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discounter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discounter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discounter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discounter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discounter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discounter (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discounter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb discounter
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Discounter – 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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