Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Introduction to the verb cafarder
The English translation of the French verb cafarder is “to tattle” or “to snitch.” It is pronounced as “kah-far-deh” in the infinitive form.
Cafarder originates from the Latin word “cafardus,” which means “excrement of a beetle.” The word evolved in French to refer to someone who is seen as unpleasant or untrustworthy, and eventually came to mean someone who tattles or snitches.
In everyday French, cafarder is most often used in the Conditionnel Présent tense to express a hypothetical situation or a polite request. Here are three examples of its usage in this tense with corresponding English translations:
- Si je cafardais à mes parents, ils seraient très déçus de moi. (If I were to tattle to my parents, they would be very disappointed in me.)
- Tu voudrais que je cafardasse à ton patron ? Non, je ne suis pas une personne qui tient des propos derrière le dos. (You would want me to tattle to your boss? No, I am not a person who talks behind people’s backs.)
- Il cafarderait à la police si quelqu’un lui mentait sur son alibi. (He would snitch to the police if someone lied to him about their alibi.)
Table of the Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of cafarder
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | cafarderais | Je cafarderais à mon patron. | I would tattle on my boss. |
tu | cafarderais | Tu cafarderais sur tes amis. | You would snitch on your friends. |
il | cafarderait | Il cafarderait à la police. | He would inform to the police. |
elle | cafarderait | Elle cafarderait sur son frère. | She would rat out her brother. |
on | cafarderait | On cafarderait sur nos collègues. | One would gossip about our colleagues. |
nous | cafarderions | Nous cafarderions sur la fête. | We would tattle about the party. |
vous | cafarderiez | Vous cafarderiez sur vos voisins. | You would snitch on your neighbors. |
ils | cafarderaient | Ils cafarderaient sur leur professeur. | They would tell on their teacher. |
elles | cafarderaient | Elles cafarderaient sur leur camarade. | They would gossip about their classmate. |
Other Conjugations for Cafarder.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder (this article)
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cafarder
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Cafarder – 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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