Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb gendarmer
Introduction to the verb gendarmer
The English translation of the French verb gendarmer is “to police” or “to garrison.” The infinitive form is pronounced “zhahn-dahr-may.”
Gendarmer comes from the Old French “gens d’armes,” which means “armed men.” It is most often used in everyday French as a noun, referring to a member of the national police force in France. In the Conditionnel Passé tense, it is used to talk about a hypothetical action that would have taken place in the past.
- Si j’avais su que les gendarmes allaient arriver si vite, j’aurais évité l’accident. (If I had known the police were going to arrive so quickly, I would have avoided the accident.)
- Tu aurais mieux fait de ne pas provoquer les gendarmes, maintenant tu es en prison. (You should have not provoked the police, now you are in jail.)
- S’il n’y avait pas eu de gendarmes présents, la manifestation aurait dégénéré en violence. (If there hadn’t been any police present, the protest would have turned violent.)
Table of the Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of gendarmer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aurais gendarmé | Si j’avais su, j’aurais gendarmé. | I would have gendarme’d. |
tu | aurais gendarmé | Tu aurais gendarmé plus tôt. | You would have gendarme’d earlier. |
il | aurait gendarmé | Il aurait gendarmé les suspects. | He would have gendarme’d the suspects. |
elle | aurait gendarmé | Elle aurait gendarmé la foule. | She would have gendarme’d the crowd. |
on | aurait gendarmé | On aurait gendarmé la ville. | One would have gendarme’d the city. |
nous | aurions gendarmé | Nous aurions gendarmé les rues. | We would have gendarme’d the streets. |
vous | auriez gendarmé | Vous auriez gendarmé la région. | You would have gendarme’d the region. |
ils | auraient gendarmé | Ils auraient gendarmé la frontière. | They would have gendarme’d the border. |
elles | auraient gendarmé | Elles auraient gendarmé les criminels. | They (female) would have gendarme’d the criminals. |
Other Conjugations for Gendarmer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb gendarmer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb gendarmer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb gendarmer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb gendarmer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb gendarmer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb gendarmer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb gendarmer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb gendarmer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb gendarmer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb gendarmer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb gendarmer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb gendarmer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb gendarmer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb gendarmer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb gendarmer (this article)
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb gendarmer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb gendarmer
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Gendarmer – 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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