Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Introduction to the verb captiver
The English translation of the French verb captiver is “to captivate.” The infinitive form of captiver is pronounced “ka-tee-vay.”
Captiver comes from the Latin word “captivare,” meaning “to capture.” It is most commonly used in everyday French in the Conditionnel Présent tense, which is used to express a hypothetical or uncertain action in the present or future.
Examples:
- Si je captivais le public avec ma performance, je serais très heureux. (If I were to captivate the audience with my performance, I would be very happy.)
- Tu captiverais plus de lecteurs si tu écrivais des histoires plus intéressantes. (You would captivate more readers if you wrote more interesting stories.)
- Il captiverait toute l’attention s’il parlait de ses expériences en voyage. (He would captivate all the attention if he talked about his travel experiences.)
English translations:
- If I were to captivate
- You would captivate
- He would captivate
Table of the Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of captiver
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | captiverais | Je captiverais mon public. | I would captivate my audience. |
tu | captiverais | Tu captiverais le jury. | You would captivate the jury. |
il | captiverait | Il captiverait les spectateurs. | He would captivate the spectators. |
elle | captiverait | Elle captiverait avec son histoire. | She would captivate with her story. |
on | captiverait | On captiverait par sa voix. | One would captivate with their voice. |
nous | captiverions | Nous captiverions l’audience. | We would captivate the audience. |
vous | captiveriez | Vous captiveriez les lecteurs. | You would captivate the readers. |
ils | captiveraient | Ils captiveraient le public. | They would captivate the public. |
elles | captiveraient | Elles captiveraient avec leur talent. | They would captivate with their talent. |
Other Conjugations for Captiver.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver (this article)
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb captiver
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Captiver – 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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