Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Introduction to the verb embroussailler
The English translation of the French verb embroussailler is “to tangle” or “to make a mess”. The infinitive form is pronounced as ahn-broo-sah-yay.
The word embroussailler comes from the verb embrousser, which means “to tangle”. It is derived from the prefix en- which means “in” or “into”, and the word brousse which means “brush” or “undergrowth”. Therefore, embroussailler literally means “to get tangled in the brush” or “to get lost in the undergrowth”.
In everyday French, embroussailler is most often used in the Conditionnel Présent tense to express a hypothetical or possible action in the present or future. It is often used in a negative sense to convey a situation that could become complicated or messy.
Here are three simple examples of its usage in the Conditionnel Présent tense, with their respective English translations:
- Si je ne faisais pas attention, je m’embroussaillerais facilement dans cette forêt. (If I wasn’t paying attention, I could easily get lost in this forest.)
- Tu embroussaillerais tout le dossier si tu y touches. (You would make a mess of the file if you touch it.)
- Il faudrait éviter de s’embroussailler dans cette affaire délicate. (We should try to avoid getting tangled up in this delicate matter.)
Table of the Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of embroussailler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | embroussaillerais | Je embroussaillerais mon jardin. | I would bush up my garden. |
tu | embroussaillerais | Tu embroussaillerais la forêt. | You would bush up the forest. |
il | embroussaillerait | Il embroussaillerait la route. | He would bush up the road. |
elle | embroussaillerait | Elle embroussaillerait ses cheveux. | She would tangle her hair. |
on | embroussaillerait | On embroussaillerait les papiers. | One would mess up the papers. |
nous | embroussaillerions | Nous embroussaillerions la clôture. | We would bush up the fence. |
vous | embroussailleriez | Vous embroussailleriez le terrain. | You would bush up the field. |
ils | embroussailleraient | Ils embroussailleraient la rivière. | They would bush up the river. |
elles | embroussailleraient | Elles embroussailleraient les arbres. | They would bush up the trees. |
Other Conjugations for Embroussailler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler (this article)
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb embroussailler
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Embroussailler – 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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