Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Introduction to the verb effrayer
The English translation of the French verb effrayer is “to scare” or “to frighten.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “eh-fray-yay.”
Effrayer comes from the Old French word “esfreer,” which means “to terrify, frighten.” It ultimately derives from the Latin word “exfricare,” meaning “to shake out, frighten.”
In everyday French, effrayer is most often used in the Conditionnel Présent tense to express a possibility or hypothetical situation. It is often used in conjunction with the conditional word “si” (if) to describe a potential consequence or action.
Three simple examples of effrayer in the Conditionnel Présent tense are:
- Si j’étais seul dans une maison hantée, j’effrayerais certainement. (If I were alone in a haunted house, I would definitely be scared.)
- Tu ne devrais pas affronter ce lion, il pourrait t’effrayer. (You shouldn’t confront that lion, it might scare you.)
- Nous pourrions les effrayer en leur donnant une fausse alerte. (We could scare them by giving them a false alarm.)
English translations:
- If I were alone in a haunted house, I would definitely be scared.
- You shouldn’t confront that lion, it might scare you.
- We could scare them by giving them a false alarm.
Table of the Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of effrayer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | effrayerais | Je effrayerais mes ennemis. | I would scare my enemies. |
tu | effrayerais | Tu effrayerais mieux. | You would scare better. |
il | effrayerait | Il effrayerait tout le monde. | He would scare everyone. |
elle | effrayerait | Elle effrayerait ses amis. | She would scare her friends. |
on | effrayerait | On effrayerait les enfants. | One would scare the children. |
nous | effrayerions | Nous effrayerions les animaux. | We would scare the animals. |
vous | effrayeriez | Vous effrayeriez les passants. | You would scare the passersby. |
ils | effrayeraient | Ils effrayeraient les gens. | They would scare people. |
elles | effrayeraient | Elles effrayeraient les chiens. | They would scare the dogs. |
Other Conjugations for Effrayer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer (this article)
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb effrayer
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Effrayer – 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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