Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Introduction to the verb borner
The English translation of the French verb borner is “to limit” or “to bound.” It is pronounced as “bohr-nay” in its infinitive form.
The verb borner comes from the Old French word “borne,” meaning “boundary stone.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Conditionnel Présent tense, which expresses a possible action or event in the future. It is formed by using the conditional present conjugation of the verb avoir (to have) followed by the past participle form of borner.
Three simple examples of borner in the Conditionnel Présent tense are:
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Si je gagnais à la loterie, je bornerais mes dépenses à un million d’euros. (If I won the lottery, I would limit my expenses to one million euros.)
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Nous bornerions notre voyage à deux semaines afin de ne pas dépenser trop d’argent. (We would limit our trip to two weeks in order to not spend too much money.)
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Si vous avait mangé moins de sucre, vous ne vous borneriez pas à un seul morceau de gâteau. (If you had eaten less sugar, you wouldn’t limit yourself to just one piece of cake.)
Table of the Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of borner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | bornerais | Je bornerais mon terrain. | I would mark my land. |
tu | bornerais | Tu bornerais ta propriété. | You would mark your property. |
il | bornerait | Il bornerait le parc. | He would mark the park. |
elle | bornerait | Elle bornerait sa ferme. | She would mark her farm. |
on | bornerait | On bornerait le quartier. | One would mark the neighborhood. |
nous | bornerions | Nous bornerions la frontière. | We would mark the border. |
vous | borneriez | Vous borneriez la route. | You would mark the road. |
ils | borneraient | Ils borneraient leur jardin. | They would mark their garden. |
elles | borneraient | Elles borneraient le terrain de jeu. | They would mark the playground. |
Other Conjugations for Borner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner (this article)
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb borner
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Borner – 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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