N'auraient (en. Would not have)

/n‿oʁɛ/

Meaning & Definition

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verb

Indicates the negation of a future action that depends on a condition.

They would not have done that if they had been asked.

Ils n'auraient pas fait cela si on leur avait demandé.

Used to express an unrealized hypothesis.

If they had been there, they would not have missed the event.

S'ils avaient été là, ils n'auraient pas manqué l'événement.

Expresses a hypothetical situation in the past.

They would not have succeeded in this project without help.

Ils n'auraient pas pu réussir ce projet sans aide.

Contraction of 'ne' and 'auraient', from the verb 'avoir' in the present conditional.

They should never have

Expression indicating that an action would have been a mistake.

Ils n'auraient jamais dû

If there hadn't been...

Hypothetical phrase to express an alternative situation.

S'il n'y avait pas eu...

Would not have been able to

Indicates an impossibility in the conditional context.

N'auraient pas pu

would have

Third person plural of the verb have in the present conditional.

auraient

not

Negation particle.

conditional

Grammatical mood that expresses an action subject to a condition.

conditionnel

No chance

With this weather, they would have no chance of going out.

Avec ce temps, ils n'auraient aucune chance de sortir.

Not possible

If they were not there, it would make no sense.

S'ils n'étaient pas là, cela n'auraient aucun sens.