Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Introduction to the verb garrotter
The English translation of the French verb garrotter is “to strangle” or “to throttle.” The infinitive form of garrotter is pronounced “ga-ro-tay.”
The word garrotter comes from the Spanish word “garrote,” which refers to a stick used for strangling or execution. It entered French usage in the early 19th century and is derived from the Old French verb “garroter,” meaning “to tie up with a stick.”
In everyday French, garrotter is most often used in the Conditionnel Passé tense, which indicates a past hypothetical action. It is typically used to express something that could have happened in the past but did not.
Examples:
- Si je n’avais pas été là pour la sauver, elle aurait été garrottée par l’assaillant. (If I hadn’t been there to save her, she would have been strangled by the attacker.)
- Il aurait été garrotté et laissé pour mort si la police n’était pas arrivée à temps. (He would have been strangled and left for dead if the police had not arrived in time.)
- Si tu m’avais laissé faire, je l’aurais garrotté moi-même. (If you had let me do it, I would have strangled him myself.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of garrotter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais garrotté | Si j’avais su, je t’aurais garrotté. | I would have garrotted you if I had known. |
tu | aurais garrotté | Tu aurais garrotté cet homme. | You would have garrotted this man. |
il | aurait garrotté | Il aurait garrotté le suspect. | He would have garrotted the suspect. |
elle | aurait garrotté | Elle aurait garrotté son agresseur. | She would have garrotted her attacker. |
on | aurait garrotté | On aurait garrotté le criminel. | One would have garrotted the criminal. |
nous | aurions garrotté | Nous aurions garrotté plus de criminels. | We would have garrotted more criminals. |
vous | auriez garrotté | Vous auriez garrotté les malfaiteurs. | You would have garrotted the wrongdoers. |
ils | auraient garrotté | Ils auraient garrotté les voleurs. | They would have garrotted the thieves. |
elles | auraient garrotté | Elles auraient garrotté les criminels. | They (females) would have garrotted the criminals. |
Other Conjugations for Garrotter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb garrotter
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Garrotter – 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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