Conditional Perfect - Interrompre & Préférer
French: AQA A Level, topic 11.7.3
Interrompre and Préférer
Some irregular verbs are regular in the future perfect tense. Interrompre and Préférer are irregular verbs. Interrompre and Préférer are regular in the future perfect tense.
Regular past participles
- Some irregular verbs are regular in the conditional perfect tense.
- Irregular verbs can have regular past participles.
- Irregular verbs can use the normal auxiliary verb avoir (to have).
Interrompre
- Some irregular verbs have regular past participles.
- For example, interrompre (to interrupt) is an irregular verb.
- Interrompre has a regular past participle.
- Le choc pétrolier des années 70 n'aurait pas interrompu la croissance économique si nous n’avions pas été aussi dépendant du pétrole.
- The petrol crisis in the 70s would not have disrupted economic growth if we had not been so dependent on oil.
Préférer
- Some irregular verbs have regular past participles.
- For example, préférer (to prefer) is an irregular verb.
- Préférer has a regular past participle.
- Si elle avait pu le faire, elle aurait préféré se marier dans son village.
- If she could have done it, she would have preferred getting married in her village.
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