Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Introduction to the verb embobiner
The English translation of the French verb embobiner is “to wind up” or “to ensnare.” The infinitive form, embobiner, is pronounced as ahn-boh-bee-nay.
The word embobiner comes from the noun bobine, meaning “spool” or “coil,” and the prefix en-, which indicates a state of being or action. In everyday French, embobiner is most often used in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which expresses a hypothetical or unreal action in the past. This tense is formed by using the conditional form of the auxiliary verb avoir or être, followed by the past participle of the main verb.
Here are three simple examples of embobiner used in the Conditionnel Passé tense, with their respective English translations:
- Si j’avais su que tu étais un menteur, je t’aurais embobiné. (If I had known you were a liar, I would have wound you up.)
- Elle m’aurait embobiné avec ses belles paroles si je ne l’avais pas vu en train de flirter avec quelqu’un d’autre. (She would have ensnared me with her sweet words if I hadn’t seen her flirting with someone else.)
- Nous aurions été embobinés par cette publicité mensongère si nous n’avions pas fait des recherches avant d’acheter le produit. (We would have been fooled by this false advertising if we hadn’t done research before buying the product.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of embobiner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais embobiné | Si j’avais su, je t’aurais embobiné. | I would have bamboozled you. |
tu | aurais embobiné | Tu aurais embobiné plus tôt. | You would have tricked earlier. |
il | aurait embobiné | Il aurait embobiné ses collègues. | He would have fooled his colleagues. |
elle | aurait embobiné | Elle aurait embobiné son patron. | She would have deceived her boss. |
on | aurait embobiné | On aurait embobiné tout le monde. | One would have tricked everyone. |
nous | aurions embobiné | Nous aurions embobiné la situation. | We would have manipulated the situation. |
vous | auriez embobiné | Vous auriez embobiné avec eux. | You would have conned with them. |
ils | auraient embobiné | Ils auraient embobiné le public. | They would have duped the audience. |
elles | auraient embobiné | Elles auraient embobiné leurs partenaires. | They (female) would have deceived their partners. |
Other Conjugations for Embobiner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embobiner
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Embobiner – 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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