Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Introduction to the verb effrayer
The English translation of the French verb effrayer is “to frighten” or “to scare.” The infinitive form, effrayer, is pronounced as “eh-fray-ay.”
Effrayer originates from the Old French word “esfreer” meaning “to dread” or “to fear.” It ultimately comes from the Latin word “exfricare” which means “to make afraid.”
In everyday French, effrayer is often used in the Conditionnel Passé tense to express a possible or hypothetical action that would have frightened someone in the past.
Here are three simple examples of effrayer in the Conditionnel Passé tense:
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Si tu avais vu ce film d’horreur, tu aurais été effrayé. (If you had seen this horror movie, you would have been scared.)
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J’aurais été effrayée si j’avais entendu des bruits étranges la nuit dernière. (I would have been frightened if I had heard strange noises last night.)
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Ils nous auraient effrayés avec leur histoire de fantômes. (They would have scared us with their ghost story.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of effrayer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais effrayé | Si j’avais su, je t’aurais effrayé. | I would have scared you. |
tu | aurais effrayé | Tu aurais effrayé ton frère. | You would have scared your brother. |
il | aurait effrayé | Il aurait effrayé tout le monde. | He would have scared everyone. |
elle | aurait effrayé | Elle aurait effrayé les enfants. | She would have scared the children. |
on | aurait effrayé | On aurait effrayé le voisin. | One would have scared the neighbor. |
nous | aurions effrayé | Nous aurions effrayé les animaux. | We would have scared the animals. |
vous | auriez effrayé | Vous auriez effrayé vos amis. | You would have scared your friends. |
ils | auraient effrayé | Ils auraient effrayé leurs ennemis. | They would have scared their enemies. |
elles | auraient effrayé | Elles auraient effrayé leurs camarades. | They (female) would have scared their classmates. |
Other Conjugations for Effrayer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
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Effrayer – 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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