French/Grammar/Tenses/Past conditional, 2nd form

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Usage of the Second Form of the Past Conditional[edit | edit source]

Formation of the Second Form of the Past Conditional[edit | edit source]

  • The second form of the past conditional is a compound tense- it consists of two verbs, the auxiliary verb and the past participle of the verb one seeks to use in this tense.
  • The auxiliary verb is conjugated as if it were being used in the imperfect subjunctive.
  • The past participle is added immediately after the auxiliary verb.
  • A negative structure such as ne ... pas is always placed around the auxiliary verb, immediately before the past participle.