Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Introduction to the verb drainer
The English translation of the French verb drainer is “to drain.” It is pronounced “dray-nay.”
The word drainer comes from the Latin word “drainare,” meaning “to drain.” It is most commonly used in everyday French in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which expresses the hypothetical past.
Example 1: Si j’avais su, j’aurais drainer l’eau de la baignoire. (If I had known, I would have drained the water from the bathtub.)
Example 2: Nous aurions dû drainer le terrain avant la construction de la maison. (We should have drained the land before building the house.)
Example 3: S’il avait plu, les champs auraient été inondés, mais nous aurions heureusement pu les drainer à temps. (If it had rained, the fields would have been flooded, but we were luckily able to drain them in time.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of drainer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais drainé | Si j’avais de l’eau, je l’aurais drainé. | If I had water, I would have drained it. |
tu | aurais drainé | Tu aurais drainé la baignoire. | You would have drained the bathtub. |
il | aurait drainé | Il aurait drainé les sols. | He would have drained the floors. |
elle | aurait drainé | Elle aurait drainé les canalisations. | She would have drained the pipes. |
on | aurait drainé | On aurait drainé le lac. | One would have drained the lake. |
nous | aurions drainé | Nous aurions drainé la piscine. | We would have drained the pool. |
vous | auriez drainé | Vous auriez drainé le système. | You would have drained the system. |
ils | auraient drainé | Ils auraient drainé les champs. | They would have drained the fields. |
elles | auraient drainé | Elles auraient drainé la rivière. | They (female) would have drained the river. |
Other Conjugations for Drainer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
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Drainer – 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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