Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encorner
Introduction to the verb encorner
The English translation of the French verb encorner is “to corner” or “to trap.” It is pronounced as “ahn-kor-nay.”
Encorner comes from the Old French word “encorner,” meaning “to enclose or surround.” It is most commonly used in everyday French to describe physically cornering or trapping someone or something.
In the Conditionnel Présent tense, encorner is used to express a hypothetical or possible situation in the present or future. Here are three simple examples of its usage in this tense with their English translations:
- Si j’encornais le chat, il ne pourrait pas s’échapper. (If I were to corner the cat, he wouldn’t be able to escape.)
- Nous encornerions le voleur s’il essayait de sortir par la porte. (We would corner the thief if he tried to escape through the door.)
- Si vous encorniez le ballon, vous gagneriez le match. (If you were to trap the ball, you would win the game.)
Table of the Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of encorner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | encornerrais | Je encornerrais l’adversaire. | I would gore the opponent. |
tu | encornerrais | Tu encornerrais le taureau. | You would horn the bull. |
il | encornerrait | Il encornerrait le cheval. | He would horn the horse. |
elle | encornerrait | Elle encornerrait la vache. | She would horn the cow. |
on | encornerrait | On encornerrait le taureau. | One would horn the bull. |
nous | encornerions | Nous encornerions le buffle. | We would horn the buffalo. |
vous | encorneriez | Vous encorneriez le mouton. | You would horn the sheep. |
ils | encornerraint | Ils encornerraint leurs ennemis. | They would horn their enemies. |
elles | encornerraint | Elles encornerraint les chèvres. | They would horn the goats. |
Other Conjugations for Encorner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb encorner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encorner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encorner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encorner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encorner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encorner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encorner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encorner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encorner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encorner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encorner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encorner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encorner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encorner (this article)
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encorner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encorner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encorner
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Encorner – 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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