je l'aurais

I would have … it

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I would have … it The phrase is usually followed by a past participle. “L’” can mean “it,” “him,” or “her,” depending on context.

FR: Je l'aurais acheté si le prix avait été plus bas.

EN: I would have bought it if the price had been lower.

Je l'aurais parié.

I would have bet on it.

Je l'aurais vu.

I would have seen it.

Vous pensez que je l'aurais laissé sans protection ?

Do you think I would have left it unprotected?

— Bullet Train (2022)

Je l'aurais entendue.

I would have heard her.

— Demain tout commence (2016)

Comment je l'aurais su ?

How would I have known?

Je l'aurais fait si elle était moins fière.

I would have done it if she were less proud.

— Harry Potter et la Coupe de feu (2005)

Je l'aurais fait pour Tom si j'avais eu plus de temps.

I would have done it for Tom if I had had more time.

Moi je l'aurais pas laissé aller à la soupe.

I wouldn’t have let him go to the soup kitchen.

— Le Voleur de bicyclette (1948)

Sinon je l'aurais pas fait.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t have done it.

— On ne vit qu'une seule fois (2011)

Je l'aurais aimé différent.

I would have liked it to be different.

— Huit et demi (1963)

Il est même certain que je l'aurais fait.

I’m even sure I would have done it.

— Guerre et Paix (1968)

Je l'aurais lavé d'abord.

I would have washed it first.

— Avengers : Infinity War (2018)

Je l'aurais souhaité plus haut.

I would have preferred it to be higher.

— Huit et demi (1963)

Je l'aurais fait.

I would have done it.

Je l'aurais laissé à personne !

I wouldn't have let anyone else have it!

— Faute d'amour (2017)

Si j'avais eu un peu plus d'argent, je l'aurais acheté.

If I had had a little more money, I would have bought it.

Je l'aurais déjà retrouvé, autrement.

I would have found it again by now, otherwise.

— Le Bon, la Brute et le Truand (1966)

Toulouse le paie, je l'aurais payé plus.

Toulouse pays for it; I would have paid more.

— The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972)

Je l'aurais fait moi-même si j'avais eu plus de temps.

I would have done it myself if I had had more time.

Je l'aurais su.

I would have known.

Je l'aurais senti.

I would have felt it.

— Laurence Anyways (2012)

Sans toi, je l'aurais frappée de ma canne.

Without you, I would have hit her with my cane.

— Le Château ambulant (2004)

J'étais assis à côté de lui, je l'aurais vu.

I was sitting next to him; I would have seen him.

— Les Quatre Cents Coups (1959)

Je l'aurais étranglée, moi, cette salope !

I would have strangled that bitch myself!

— Enquête sur un citoyen au-dessus de tout soupçon (1970)

Je l'aurais préféré !

I would have preferred it!

— The Man from Earth (2007)

Je l'aurais été si tu ne m'avais rien dit.

I would have been if you hadn't told me anything.

— Nos années sauvages (1990)

Bien sûr, je l'aurais fait.

Of course, I would have done it.

— Bouge pas, meurs, ressuscite (1990)

Je l'aurais bien pris, quoi.

I would’ve taken it, you know.

— L’Enfance d’Ivan (1962)

Sur Terre, je l'aurais écrasé.

On Earth, I would have crushed it.

— Salyut-7 (2017)