auriez

Auriez is the second-person plural form of the French verb avoir in the conditionnel présent. It is used to express hypothetical situations, to make polite requests, or to indicate what would occur under certain conditions. The form is built from the stem aur- plus the conditional endings -iez, following the pattern of the conditionnel présent for all verbs that use the avoir auxiliary.

In full, the conditionnel présent of avoir is: j'aurais, tu aurais, il/elle aurait, nous aurions, vous auriez, ils/elles auraient. The stem aur- corresponds to the future stem of avoir, reflecting the verb’s irregular history. The form vous auriez specifically translates to “you would have” or “you would be able to,” depending on the context.

Common uses include polite requests and conjecture about potential outcomes. Examples: Vous auriez pu me prévenir. (You could have informed me / You would have been able to inform me.) Auriez-vous l’amabilité de me répondre ? (Would you have the kindness to respond?) In conditional clauses, auriez often appears in the main clause after a si clause in the imparfait, as in Si vous aviez été là, vous auriez aidé. For past possibilities, the past conditional is used with avoir, yielding forms such as vous auriez eu.

Auriez is a standard, formal form in French and is widely encountered in written and spoken contexts, especially in courteous or speculative discourse.