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Les anglonautes

learning

grammaire anglaise explicative en BD - niveau débutant

Groupe Verbal (GV)

faire une hypothèse

relative au passé / présent / futur

Imaginer,

faire une hypothèse

relative au présent ou au futur

avec

le "passé" hypothétique

(appelé aussi

prétérit hypothétique

prétérit modal).

A l'inverse du

passé / prétérit temporel,

qui permet de parler

du passé chronologique,

le "passé" hypothétique

ne renvoie pas

au passé chronologique

(il est donc mal nommé

et il faudrait lui trouver

un autre nom

(futur imaginé, fantasmé, hypothétique) :

Le "passé" hypothétique

permet de faire

- dans un contexte

présent, futur ou intemporel -

une supposition, un souhait,

une hypothèse :

If I werepassé hypothétique old and ugly,

would you like me?

Garfield Classics

Jim Davis

GoComics

July 25, 2021

https://www.gocomics.com/garfield-classics/2021/07/25

What would happen

if I decidedpassé hypothétique not to go to school today?

What would happen

if I decidedpassé hypothétique not to go to school today?

Peanuts

Charles Schulz

GoComics

December 04, 2016

https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2016/12/04

"passé" hypothétique > conjugaison

Pour tous les verbes

- sauf be -

le "passé" hypothétique

se conjugue

comme le passé temporel.

Pour simplifier

cette règle de conjugaison,

on peut retenir cette formule :

"passé" hypothétique

passé temporel

sauf pour be

2 exemples avec win,

verbe irrégulier :

won

(passétemporel ou passéhypothétique)

wonpassé temporel

I won a lot of money last month.

won"passé" hypothétique

If I won the lottery,

I would buy a house.

Anglais non familier / "correct" > be > conjugaisons

seul be

n'a pas la même conjugaison

au passé temporel

et au "passé" hypothétique :

au "passé" hypothétique,

se conjugue

were

à toutes les personnes.

passé temporel

(chronologique) :

I was happy when I was young.

≠

"passé" hypothétique

(hypothèse relative

à un présent / futur

souvent fantasmé, désiré) :

If I were rich,

I would buy a house.

David Gilmour

(I) Wish You Werepassé hypothétique Here

David Gilmour - Wish You Were Here Video

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EodytPmki5s

I wish I werepassé hypothétique in the funny papers.

Dick Tracy

by Joe Staton and Mike Curtis

GoComics

March 30, 2014

I wish I werepassé hypothétique walking with her...

I wish I werepassé hypothétique walking right beside her,

and we werepassé hypothétique talking

I wish she'd [ would ] invite me over

to her house some time...

I wish she'd [ would ] come up to me and say...

Peanuts

by Charles Schulz

GoComics

April 29, 2012

conjugaisons > be

En anglais dit familier,

bepassé temporel

bepassé hypothétique

ont la même conjugaison,

celle du passé temporel.

Exemples :

passé temporel (chronologique)

I was in London yesterday

"passé" hypothétique

If I waspassé hypothétique rich...

En anglais dit familier,

la règle est donc plus simple !

"passé" hypothétique

passé temporel :

If I was rich...

Syntaxe > Propositions

Rappel :

proposition

Nsujet + Vintransitif

Nsujet + Vtransitif + Nobjet

Une proposition en if

"passé" hypothétique

est liée à

une proposition

en would / could + Base Verbale (BV) :

If I werepassé hypothétique a boy,

I would / could + BV

If I werepassé hypothétique a boy

Even just for a day

I'd [ would ] roll out of bed

in the morning

(...)

If I werepassé hypothétique a boy

I think I could understand

How it feels to love a girl

Beyoncé - If I Were A Boy - 2008

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWpsOqh8q0M

rappel :

would et could

sont des auxiliaires de modalité

(également appelés modaux).

would et could

permettent, dans un contexte

de présent ou de futur hypothétique,

d'exprimer un état ou un pouvoir

souhaité, fantasmé, imaginaire,

virtuel :

If you werepassé hypothétique a tree,

what kind of tree would you be?

If you were a tree,

[ were

est ici passé hypothétique de be ],

what kind of tree would you be?

Nancy

Guy Gilchrist and Brad Gilchrist

GoComics

February 12, 2012

Beyoncé

If I werepassé hypothétique a boy,

I would / could + Base verbale

Beyoncé - If I Were A Boy

Lyrics video 2008

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWpsOqh8q0M

[Verse 1]

If I were a boy
Even just for a day
I'd [ would ] roll out of bed in the morning
And throw on what I wanted then go
Drink beer with the guys
And chase after girls
I'd [ would ] kick it with who I wanted
And I'd [ would ] never get confronted for it
'Cause they'd stick up for me

[Chorus]

If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I'd [ would ] be a better man
I'd [ would ] listen to her
'Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
'Cause he's taken you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

[Verse 2]

If I were a boy
I would turn off my phone
Tell everyone it's broken
So they'd think that I was sleepin' alone
I'd put myself first
And make the rules as I go
'Cause I'd know that she'd be faithful
Waitin' for me to come home
To come home

[Chorus]

If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I'd be a better man
I'd listen to her
'Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted (Wanted)
'Cause he's taken you for granted (Granted)
And everything you had got destroyed

[Bridge]

It's a little too late for you to come back
Say, it's just a mistake
Think I'd forgive you like that
If you thought I would wait for you
You thought wrong

[Outro]

But you're just a boy
You don't understand
(Yeah, you don't understand, oh)
How it feels to love a girl
Someday, you'll wish you were a better man
You don't listen to her
You don't care how it hurts
Until you lose the one you wanted
'Cause you've taken her for granted