Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fabuler
Introduction to the verb fabuler
The English translation of the French verb fabuler is “to invent” or “to make up stories.” The infinitive form is pronounced “fa-byu-leh.”
Fabuler comes from the Latin word “fabula” meaning “a story” or “a play.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the Conditionnel Passé tense to express a hypothetical action or event that would have happened in the past if certain conditions had been met.
Here are three examples of fabuler in the Conditionnel Passé tense with their English translations:
- Si j’avais su, j’aurais fabulé une histoire plus convaincante. (If I had known, I would have made up a more convincing story.)
- Il aurait fabulé une excuse pour justifier son absence. (He would have invented an excuse to justify his absence.)
- Nous aurions tous fabulé sur ce qui se serait passé si nous avions gagné à la loterie. (We would have all speculated about what would have happened if we had won the lottery.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of fabuler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais fabulé | J’aurais fabulé une histoire. | I would have made up a story. |
tu | aurais fabulé | Tu aurais fabulé à ta place. | You would have made up in your place. |
il | aurait fabulé | Il aurait fabulé sur sa vie. | He would have made up about his life. |
elle | aurait fabulé | Elle aurait fabulé pour son livre. | She would have made up for her book. |
on | aurait fabulé | On aurait fabulé sur l’avenir. | One would have made up about the future. |
nous | aurions fabulé | Nous aurions fabulé ensemble. | We would have made up together. |
vous | auriez fabulé | Vous auriez fabulé à haute voix. | You would have made up out loud. |
ils | auraient fabulé | Ils auraient fabulé toute la nuit. | They would have made up all night. |
elles | auraient fabulé | Elles auraient fabulé tout le temps. | They (female) would have made up all the time. |
Other Conjugations for Fabuler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb fabuler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fabuler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fabuler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fabuler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fabuler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fabuler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fabuler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fabuler
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fabuler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fabuler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fabuler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fabuler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fabuler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fabuler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fabuler (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fabuler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fabuler
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Fabuler – 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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