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Conditional Perfect Tense (French)

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Conditional Perfect Tense in French Conditionnel passé
One of Seven Complex French Verb Tenses

The conditionnel passé (past conditional) is used to express what would have taken place in the past had some other action, event, or situation occurred.

How does this compare to:
Simple Conditional Tense
and
Complex Conditional Perfect

Si j’avais un marteau – Claude François

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Si j’avais un marteau – Claude François

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Claude François

After another morning studying French conjunctions, I wondered if this would ever come together – if I will ever learn French

Then I heard the familiar melody of a French song Si j’avais un marteau, aka “If I had a hammer” and recognized the si (if) clause

Conditional Perfect Tense – If I had a hammer
and
Conditional Tense – I would hammer in the morning

Si j’avais un marteau (If I had a hammer)
Je cognerais le jour (I would knock the day)
ce serait le bonheur (that would be happiness)

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Conditional Mood (French)

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Conditional Mood (Le conditionnel)
Subjunctive: express desires, doubts, the unknown, the abstract, and emotions
Indicative: express actions, events, and states that are believed to be true and concrete
Conditional: describe events that are not guaranteed to occur; often they are dependent on certain conditions

Si clauses, also known as conditionals or conditional sentences, are if-then constructions that express a condition to be met in order for a certain result.
They are divided into three types, depending on whether the condition is
likely,
unlikely, or
impossible
lawlessfrench.com

The Si (If) Clause
The conditional in intentional expressions

The Essential Guide to the French Conditional Tense fluentu.com

Conditional Sentences cliffnotes.com

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Best French Language Movies for French Learners

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Best French Movies for French Learners
Are You Wasting Your Time Watching Foreign Language Movies?

Top 10 easy-to-understand French movies frenchtoday.com
The 10 Best French Movies on Netflix for French Learners fluentu.com
The 10 Best French Movies for Beginners fluentu.com
9 must-see French movies frenchtogether.com
Top 11 Best French Movies on Netflix Instant in 2016 cinematyrant.com
12 Classic French Movies (and Movie Series) All Students Need to See takelessons.com
French Movies on Netflix Streaming Right Now – January 2016 takelessons.com
29 French movies to watch. One per Day (February Edition) talkinfrench.com
17 Feel-Good French Films You Should Definitely Stream On Netflix buzzfeed.com

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Imperfect Tense (French)

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The Imperfect Tense in French
One of Seven Simple French Verb Tenses

Imperfect
Expresses past action as a process, a flow:P it examines action from the point of view of its duration, its extension in time
Verbs in the imperfect answer the questions “What was going on at the time? What were things like?”

Verb Tenses refer to various times (present, past, future)
Verb Moods correspond to different functions (indicative, infinitive, imperative)
Most Popular Verbs
Exceptions

Verbs
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