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grammaire anglaise > groupe verbal

 

verbes et modaux > sens > irréel, hypothèse, souhait

 

 

verbes > "passé" hypothétique

 

(appelé aussi

passé modal

ou

prétérit modal

car, comme un modal,

un verbe au passé modal

ne se conjugue pas.)

 

 

 

Un verbe

au "passé" hypothétique

n'exprime pas

le passé temporel,

mais une hypothèse

relative

au présent ou au futur :

 

If my father were alive today,

[ bepassé hypothétique :

were à toutes les personnes ]

 

he would be humbled

[ valeur conditionnelle

du modal would ]

 

as a new generation emerges,

yet again inspired, in part,

by his life and words.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/21/
opinion/ilyasah-shabazz-what-would-malcolm-x-think.html 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Précédée de l'expression

it's high time,

une proposition avec un verbe

au "passé" hypothétique

n'exprime pas

le passé temporel,

mais

un enjeu futur.

 

 

Dans le titre ci-dessous,

le "passé" hypothétique

fought

se traduit en français

par le présent du subjonctif :

 

Il est urgent

que nous combattions...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

en anglais dit "correct",

pour tous les verbes

- sauf be -

le "passé" hypothétique

a la même forme

que le passé temporel.

 

 

Par exemple,

le verbe irrégulier meet

a la même forme

au passé hypothétique

et au passé temporel :

met

 

 

what would you do

 

if you met the man

[ "passé" hypothétique

de meet ]

 

who shot you and left you for dead?

[ passé temporel

de shoot et leave ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

past perfect hypothétique

 

hadauxiliaire + verbeparticipe passé

 

"If President Truman

or President Eisenhower

had used

[ past perfect hypothétique ]

nuclear weapons in the Korean war,

and Lord knows they got that advice,

 

the whole subsequent history of warfare

and the rules of warfare

would have been changed."

Nuclear War Strategists Rethink the Unthinkable, NYT, 19.1.2003

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/19/
weekinreview/the-world-nuclear-war-strategists-rethink-the-unthinkable.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

if + Nsujet + "passé" hypothétique

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

irréel > souhait

 

Nsujet + wish + N + "passé" hypothétique

 

What Your Teen Wishes You Knew About Sex Education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Guardian        p. 5        4 March 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Guardian        Society 2        p. 29        8.2.2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I just wish I knew why I feel so miserable.

 

For Better or For Worse

By Lynn Johnston

Washington Post

10 July 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But if we pulled out,

Iraq would slip into chaos!

 

Mike Keefe

Political cartoon

The Denvers Post

Cagle

10.9.2004

http://www.intoon.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil Price Would Skyrocket

if Iran Closed

[ "passé" hypothétique ]

the Strait of Hormuz

 

January 4, 2012

The New York Times

By CLIFFORD KRAUSS

 

HOUSTON —

If Iran were [ "passé" hypothétique de be ] to follow through

with its threat to blockade the Strait of Hormuz,

a vital transit route

for almost one-fifth of the oil traded globally,

the impact would be immediate:

Energy analysts say the price of oil would start to soar

and could rise 50 percent or more within days.

Oil Price Would Skyrocket if Iran Closed the Strait of Hormuz,
NYT, 4.1.2012,
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/
business/oil-price-would-skyrocket-if-iran-closed-the-strait.html

 

 

 

 

 

Help Needed for the Economy

 

July 2, 2010

The New York Times

 

If the economy were [ "passé" hypothétique de be ] a coal mine,

the job market would be an 800-pound canary,

warning of a recovery that is running out of oxygen.

Help Needed for the Economy,
NYT, 2.7.2010,
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/opinion/04sun1.html

 

 

 

 

 

How Obama Saved Capitalism

and Lost the Midterms

 

November 2, 2010

11:59 pm

The New York Times

By TIMOTHY EGAN

 

Timothy Egan

on American politics and life, as seen from the West.

 

If I were [ "passé" hypothétique de be ]

one of the big corporate donors

who bankrolled the Republican tide

that carried into office

more than 50 new Republicans in the House,

I would be wary of what you just bought.

For no matter your view of President Obama,

he effectively saved capitalism.

And for that, he paid a terrible political price.

How Obama Saved Capitalism and Lost the Midterms,
NYT, 2.11.2010,
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/02/
how-obama-saved-capitalism-and-lost-the-midterms/

 

 

 

 

 

Obama says

bin Laden must not be a martyr

 

June 18, 2008

Filed at 3:50 p.m. ET

The New York Times

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

 

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama says

if Osama bin Laden were captured

[ "passé" hypothétique passif ] on his watch,

he'd [ would ] want to ensure

he doesn't become a martyr if he were prosecuted.

Obama said he's not sure

that the terrorist mastermind would be captured alive.

 

But if he were

[ "passé" hypothétique de be ],

 

Obama said

[ "passé" temporel de say ],

 

he would want to bring him to justice

[ valeur de futur conditionnel de would ],

 

'in a way that allows the entire world to understand

the murderous acts that he's engaged in

and not to make him into a martyr.''

Obama was asked about how he would handle bin Laden

at a news conference Wednesday

after he met with a new team of national security advisers.

The meeting came

after rival John McCain's campaign criticized Obama

for a having a pre-9-11 mind-set for promoting trial of terrorists.

Obama says bin Laden must not be a martyr,
NYT, 18.6.2008,
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-Obama-National-Security.html - broken URL

 

 

 

 

 

"If President Truman or President Eisenhower had used

[ past perfect hypothétique ]

 

nuclear weapons in the Korean war,

and Lord knows they got that advice,

the whole subsequent history of warfare

and the rules of warfare would have been changed."

Nuclear War Strategists Rethink the Unthinkable,
NYT, 19.1.2003,
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/19/
weekinreview/the-world-nuclear-war-strategists-rethink-the-unthinkable.html 

 

 

 

 

 

I would quit if I lied

[ lied > ici passé temporel du verbe régulier lie >

hypothèse relative au passé temporel,

même si il s'agit d'une éventualité > si j'avais menti ],

Blair tells MPs

 

Tony Blair was forced on to the defensive yesterday

when he admitted that he would have to resign as prime minister

if he lied to parliament over his role

in the outing of the government scientist, Dr David Kelly.

Headline and 1 §, G, 8.1.2004,
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/jan/08/
uk.davidkelly3
    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

irréel > souhait

 

Nsujet + wish + N + "passé" hypothétique

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Guardian        Work        p. 1        20 December 2008

http://digital.guardian.co.uk/guardian/2008/12/20/pdfs/gdn_081220_wo1_1_21498925.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The care support broker:

'I wish I could do more'

[ could : ici, forme / valeur hypothétique du modal can ]

 

Guardian.co.uk
Tuesday 16 March 2010
18.50 GMT

 

Telling people how to spend their money is a trap

that Jeremy Long-Price tries hard to avoid.

A former nurse, he now works in the independent sector

as a "broker" helping personal budget holders plan their support.

"My main priority is what they want out of life

and what can be achieved with the funds they've got," he says.

"It's about helping people to express their true wishes and needs,

not about telling them what they should spend their money on.

That would perpetuate old-style care management

where people took what they were given."

The care support broker: 'I wish I could do more',
G, 16.3.2010,
https://www.theguardian.com/social-care-careers/the-support-broker 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voir aussi > Anglonautes > Grammaire anglaise > Niveau avancé

 

Enoncés en it's time + "passé" hypothétique

 

 

"passé" hypothétique > be

 

 

formes hypothétiques

 

 

be : conjugaisons

présent, passé temporel, "passé" hypothétique

 

 

structures hypothétiques en if

 

 

may > valeurs > hypothèse première

 

 

reprise de may

par might / could

 

 

traduire devoir en anglais

 

 

 

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