Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb en approcher
Introduction to the verb en approcher
The English translation of en approcher is “to approach” or “to get close to”. The infinitive form is pronounced as “ahn ah-praw-shay”.
En approcher comes from the French verb approcher, which is derived from the Latin word appropiare, meaning “to come near to”. It is most often used in everyday French to indicate physical or metaphorical closeness or proximity.
In the Conditionnel Présent tense, en approcher is used to express a possibility or potential action in the future, often combined with the conditional word “would”. Here are three simple examples of its usage in this tense:
- Si tu t’approchais un peu plus, tu pourrais mieux voir. (If you got a little closer, you would see better.)
- Je crois qu’il en approcherait si tu le lui demandais gentiment. (I think he would come closer to it if you asked him nicely.)
- Si nous nous approchions de la vérité, peut-être comprendrions-nous mieux la situation. (If we got closer to the truth, maybe we would understand the situation better.)
English translations:
- If you got a little closer, you would see better.
- I think he would come closer to it if you asked him nicely.
- If we got closer to the truth, maybe we would understand the situation better.
Table of the Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of en approcher
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | m’approcherais | Je m’approcherais du chat. | I would approach the cat. |
tu | t’approcherais | Tu t’approcherais du feu. | You would approach the fire. |
il | s’approcherait | Il s’approcherait de la plage. | He would approach the beach. |
elle | s’approcherait | Elle s’approcherait de l’horizon. | She would approach the horizon. |
on | s’approcherait | On s’approcherait de la montagne. | One would approach the mountain. |
nous | nous approcherions | Nous nous approcherions du monument. | We would approach the monument. |
vous | vous approcheriez | Vous vous approcheriez des animaux. | You would approach the animals. |
ils | s’approcheraient | Ils s’approcheraient de la forêt. | They would approach the forest. |
elles | s’approcheraient | Elles s’approcheraient du lac. | They would approach the lake. |
Other Conjugations for En Approcher.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb en approcher
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb en approcher
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb en approcher
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb en approcher
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb en approcher
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb en approcher
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb en approcher
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb en approcher
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb en approcher
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb en approcher
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb en approcher
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb en approcher
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb en approcher (this article)
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb en approcher
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb en approcher
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb en approcher
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En Approcher – 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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