Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Introduction to the verb cancaner
The English translation of the French verb cancaner is “to gossip” or “to chatter.” It is pronounced as “kahn-kah-neh” in its infinitive form.
The word cancaner comes from the French noun “cancan,” which means “gossip” or “chatter.” It is most often used in everyday French in the Conditionnel Présent tense, which is used to express a hypothetical or possible action in the present.
Here are three simple examples of cancaner in the Conditionnel Présent tense with their English translations:
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Si j’étais au bureau, je pourrais cancaner avec mes collègues. (If I were at the office, I could gossip with my colleagues.)
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Tu pourrais te faire des ennemis si tu continues à cancaner sur les autres. (You could make enemies if you keep gossiping about others.)
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On pourrait se faire une soirée entre filles et cancaner toute la nuit. (We could have a girls’ night and gossip all night long.)
Table of the Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of cancaner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | cancanerais | Je cancanerais avec mes amis. | I would gossip with my friends. |
tu | cancanerais | Tu cancanerais trop. | You would gossip too much. |
il | cancanerait | Il cancanerait sur les voisins. | He would gossip about the neighbors. |
elle | cancanerait | Elle cancanerait sur ses collègues. | She would gossip about her colleagues. |
on | cancanerait | On cancanerait en secret. | One would gossip in secret. |
nous | cancanerions | Nous cancanerions sur le voisin. | We would gossip about the neighbor. |
vous | cancaneriez | Vous cancaneriez sur les potins. | You would gossip about the rumors. |
ils | cancaneraient | Ils cancaneraient sur les célébrités. | They would gossip about celebrities. |
elles | cancaneraient | Elles cancaneraient pendant des heures. | They would gossip for hours. |
Other Conjugations for Cancaner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner (this article)
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb cancaner
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Cancaner – 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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