Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enfler
Introduction to the verb enfler
The English translation of the French verb enfler is “to swell.” It is pronounced as “ahn-flay” in the infinitive form.
Enfler comes from the Latin word “inflare” meaning “to inflate” and has been in use in French since the Middle Ages. In everyday French, it is often used in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which is used to express a hypothetical or past unreal action.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in this tense, with their respective English translations:
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Si j’avais mangé moins, mon ventre n’aurait pas enflé. (If I had eaten less, my stomach wouldn’t have swelled.)
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Tu aurais dû mettre de la glace sur ta cheville enflée. (You should have put ice on your swollen ankle.)
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Elle aurait aimé que son ego enflé soit flatté par ses amis. (She would have liked her inflated ego to be flattered by her friends.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of enfler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais enflé | Si j’avais mangé le gâteau, j’aurais enflé. | If I had eaten the cake, I would have swollen. |
tu | aurais enflé | Tu aurais enflé après ça. | You would have swollen after that. |
il | aurait enflé | Il aurait enflé ses muscles. | He would have swollen his muscles. |
elle | aurait enflé | Elle aurait enflé en riant. | She would have swollen while laughing. |
on | aurait enflé | On aurait enflé de fierté. | One would have swelled with pride. |
nous | aurions enflé | Nous aurions enflé nos ballons. | We would have blown up our balloons. |
vous | auriez enflé | Vous auriez enflé le ballon. | You would have inflated the ball. |
ils | auraient enflé | Ils auraient enflé de colère. | They would have swelled with anger. |
elles | auraient enflé | Elles auraient enflé leurs chevilles. | They (female) would have swollen their ankles. |
Other Conjugations for Enfler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb enfler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enfler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enfler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enfler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enfler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enfler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enfler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enfler
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enfler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enfler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enfler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enfler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enfler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enfler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enfler (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enfler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enfler
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Enfler – 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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