en aurais

would have some

→ en

phrase Very common #497

would have some In the examples, en replaces something introduced with de or an unspecified amount of something. Aurais is the conditional form of avoir used with tu or je, depending on the context.

FR: Je t'en aurais donné si j'en avais eu plus.

EN: I would have given you some if I had had more.

Arrête, tu en aurais fait autant.

Stop, you would have done the same.

— Harry Potter et la Coupe de feu (2005)

J'en aurais bien grillé une.

I could really go for a cigarette.

— L’Enfance d’Ivan (1962)

Je vous en aurais parlé plus tôt, mais c'était confidentiel.

I would have told you about it sooner, but it was confidential.

— Atlantide, l'empire perdu (2001)

Je t'en aurais parlé avant, mais ça c'est décidé si vite.

I would have told you about it sooner, but it was decided so quickly.

— Salé, Sucré (1994)

S'ils l'avaient donné à n'importe quel imbécile, j'en aurais eu un.

If they’d given it to any idiot, I would have had one.

— Aucun autre choix (2025)

Mais si j'avais dit ça tu en aurais ramené quinze.

But if I’d said that, you would have brought back fifteen.

— Les Sept Samouraïs (1954)

J'en aurais fait autant, il se peut, à la place de Dolokhov.

I might well have done the same in Dolokhov’s place.

— Guerre et Paix (1968)

Pourquoi j'en aurais fait cadeau à une autre ?

Why would I have given it to someone else?

— Les Affranchis (1990)

J'ai pris ce qui restait, sinon je t'en aurais pris plus.

I took what was left; otherwise, I would have gotten you more.

— La Femme de ménage (2025)

J'en aurais fait autant.

I would have done the same.

— Femmes au bord de la crise de nerfs (1988)