Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb acculer
Introduction to the verb acculer
The English translation of the French verb acculer is “to corner” or “to back someone into a corner.” It is pronounced as “ah-kew-lay.”
Acculer comes from the Latin word “culus,” meaning “buttocks,” and the prefix “a,” which indicates movement towards. In everyday French, acculer is most often used in the Conditionnel Présent tense to express a hypothetical or possible future action. It is also commonly used in figurative expressions to describe a situation where someone is in a difficult or trapped position.
Here are three simple examples of acculer used in the Conditionnel Présent tense:
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Si tu continues à mentir, tu finirais par t’acculer toi-même. (If you keep lying, you would end up cornering yourself.)
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Il faudrait éviter de les acculer, ils pourraient se défendre violemment. (We should avoid backing them into a corner, they might defend themselves violently.)
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Si je ne trouve pas de travail bientôt, je me verrais acculé à demander de l’aide à mes parents. (If I don’t find a job soon, I would find myself forced to ask my parents for help.)
Table of the Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of acculer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | acculerais | J’acculerais mes adversaires. | I would corner my opponents. |
tu | acculerais | Tu acculerais l’animal. | You would trap the animal. |
il | acculerait | Il acculerait le criminel. | He would corner the criminal. |
elle | acculerait | Elle acculerait son ennemi. | She would corner her enemy. |
on | acculerait | On acculerait le suspect. | One would corner the suspect. |
nous | acculerions | Nous acculerions le gang. | We would corner the gang. |
vous | acculeriez | Vous acculeriez les voleurs. | You would corner the thieves. |
ils | acculeraient | Ils acculeraient l’ennemi. | They would corner the enemy. |
elles | acculeraient | Elles acculeraient le tueur. | They would corner the killer. |
Other Conjugations for Acculer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb acculer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb acculer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb acculer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb acculer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb acculer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb acculer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb acculer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb acculer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb acculer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb acculer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb acculer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb acculer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb acculer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb acculer (this article)
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb acculer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb acculer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb acculer
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Acculer – About the French Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense
Formation
Common Everyday Usage Patterns
Expressing Polite Requests
Expressing Hypothetical Situations
Expressing Doubt or Uncertainty
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present Tense
Past Tense
Future Tense
Conditional Perfect
Summary
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