Breakdown of J'aurais aimé voir la sortie de ce labyrinthe.
je
I
avoir
to have
aimer
to like, to love
ce
this (before a noun)
de
of / from / any (in negative sentences) / about (concerning)
voir
to see
le labyrinthe
the labyrinth
la sortie
the exit
Questions & Answers about J'aurais aimé voir la sortie de ce labyrinthe.
Why is it J'aurais aimé instead of just J'ai aimé?
J'aurais aimé is the past conditional. It translates to 'I would have liked'. You use it to express regrets, wishes, or things that didn't happen in the past. It is formed with the conditional of the helper verb (avoir -> j'aurais) plus the past participle (aimé).
If I wanted to say 'I would have liked to see the exit nowhere' using ne... nulle part, where would the negative words go?
When using ne... nulle part with a compound tense and an infinitive, nulle part goes at the very end of the sentence. The ne goes before the helper verb. So it would be: Je n'aurais aimé voir la sortie de ce labyrinthe nulle part. Unlike pas or rien, nulle part always follows the entire verb phrase, including the infinitive.
Do I need a preposition like à or de between aimé and voir?
No. The verb aimer takes a direct infinitive. You just place the second verb directly after it without any connecting preposition: J'aurais aimé voir (I would have liked to see).
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