Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Introduction to the verb drainer
The English translation of the French verb drainer is “to drain.” It is pronounced “dray-nay.”
The word “drainer” comes from the Old French word “draignier,” meaning “to drain.” It is most commonly used as a transitive verb in everyday French, meaning it requires an object. In the Conditionnel Présent tense, it is typically used to express a possibility or a hypothetical situation.
Here are three examples of how “drainer” is used in the Conditionnel Présent tense:
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Si j’avais une éponge, je drainerais l’eau de ta piscine. (If I had a sponge, I would drain the water from your pool.)
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Nous drainerions les marécages pour construire notre maison. (We would drain the swamps to build our house.)
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Si vous aviez un filtre à café, vous pourriez drainer le café moulu. (If you had a coffee filter, you could drain the ground coffee.)
English translations:
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If I had a sponge, I would drain the water from your pool.
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We would drain the swamps to build our house.
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If you had a coffee filter, you could drain the ground coffee.
Table of the Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of drainer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | drainerais | Je drainerais la piscine. | I would drain the pool. |
tu | drainerais | Tu drainerais le lavabo. | You would drain the sink. |
il | drainerait | Il drainerait le lac. | He would drain the lake. |
elle | drainerait | Elle drainerait la baignoire. | She would drain the bathtub. |
on | drainerait | On drainerait la pluie. | One would drain the rain. |
nous | drainerions | Nous drainerions les égouts. | We would drain the sewers. |
vous | draineriez | Vous draineriez le réservoir. | You would drain the reservoir. |
ils | draineraient | Ils draineraient l’eau. | They would drain the water. |
elles | draineraient | Elles draineraient le puits. | They would drain the well. |
Other Conjugations for Drainer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer (this article)
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb drainer
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Drainer – 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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