Dans la phrase ci-dessous, comment expliquer la grammaire? Il y a le futur et le participe passé dans la même phrase. Je n'ai jamais vu ça.
Il aurait dû avoir pitié.
Pouvez-vous m'expliquer s'il vous plaît?
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Cette phrase utilise le conditionnel passé. Lisez cet article qui donne une bonne explication pour en apprendre plus : Conditionnel passé.
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1The first use of "avoir" (as aurait) is with the verb devoir (as dû , the past participle). The second use is in the phrase "avoir pitié", which means "to have pity". Roughly, the sentence translates to: "He would've had to have pity" in English. – arbitrarystringofletters Apr 17 '15 at 15:50
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@arbitrarystringofletters Good answer and nice link, but doesn't the rough translation in your comment have one too many "haves" in it; and/or couldn't "aurait dû" perhaps be better translated here as "should've",i.e., "He should've had (or shown) pity"? – Papa Poule Apr 17 '15 at 17:16
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1Devoir is a difficult verb to translate because there are so many ways to express its meaning in English. For example, given the phrase: "je dois", you could say: "I must", "I should", "I have to", or "I need to". – arbitrarystringofletters Apr 17 '15 at 17:42
