11.7.4

Conditional Perfect - Être, Aller & Avoir

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Être, Aller, and Avoir

There are high frequency irregular verbs in the future perfect tense. Être, aller, and avoir are high frequency irregular verbs. It's important to be familiar with these verbs.

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Être

  • Être (to be) has an irregular past participle.
    • The past participle of être is été.
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Examples with être

  • Here are some examples of être in the conditional perfect.
  • Si nous ne le connaissions pas si bien, nous aurions été surpris par son arrivée tardive.
    • If we did not know him so well, we would have been surprised by his late arrival.
  • Si j’avais pu, j’aurais été ravi de visiter Paris avec eux.
    • If I had been able to, I would have been delighted to visit Paris with them.
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Aller

  • Aller (to go) uses être as an auxiliary verb.
  • Si tu t’étais levé plus tôt, tu serais allé chercher des croissants avec moi.
    • If you had got up earlier, you would have gone to fetch some croissants with me.
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Avoir

  • Avoir (to have) has an irregular past participle.
    • The past participle of avoir is eu.
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Examples with avoir

  • Here are some examples of avoir in the conditional perfect.
  • Si elle avait reçu de l’argent pour son anniversaire, elle aurait eu une nouvelle robe.
    • If she had received some money for her birthday, she would have had a new dress.
  • Comme il n’aime pas étudier, nous aurions eu beaucoup de mal à le convaincre.
    • As he does not like to study, we would have had a hard time convincing him.

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