French · Chapter 28 · Lesson 14 · Grammar primer
j'aurais du, tu aurais pu: regrets and reproaches
The commonest use of the conditional perfect: devoir and pouvoir for should have and could have (j'aurais du partir, tu aurais pu me le dire), il aurait fallu, j'aurais mieux fait de - and how the person alone turns regret into reproach.
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