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enfouir
enfouir
French
Verb
enfouir
- (transitive) to bury
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of enfouir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | enfouir | avoir enfoui | |||||
| gerund | en enfouissant | en ayant enfoui | |||||
| present participle | enfouissant /ɑ̃.fwi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | enfoui /ɑ̃.fwi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | enfouis /ɑ̃.fwi/ |
enfouis /ɑ̃.fwi/ |
enfouit /ɑ̃.fwi/ |
enfouissons /ɑ̃.fwi.sɔ̃/ |
enfouissez /ɑ̃.fwi.se/ |
enfouissent /ɑ̃.fwis/ |
| imperfect | enfouissais /ɑ̃.fwi.sɛ/ |
enfouissais /ɑ̃.fwi.sɛ/ |
enfouissait /ɑ̃.fwi.sɛ/ |
enfouissions /ɑ̃.fwi.sjɔ̃/ |
enfouissiez /ɑ̃.fwi.sje/ |
enfouissaient /ɑ̃.fwi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | enfouis /ɑ̃.fwi/ |
enfouis /ɑ̃.fwi/ |
enfouit /ɑ̃.fwi/ |
enfouîmes /ɑ̃.fwim/ |
enfouîtes /ɑ̃.fwit/ |
enfouirent /ɑ̃.fwiʁ/ |
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| future | enfouirai /ɑ̃.fwi.ʁe/ |
enfouiras /ɑ̃.fwi.ʁa/ |
enfouira /ɑ̃.fwi.ʁa/ |
enfouirons /ɑ̃.fwi.ʁɔ̃/ |
enfouirez /ɑ̃.fwi.ʁe/ |
enfouiront /ɑ̃.fwi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | enfouirais /ɑ̃.fwi.ʁɛ/ |
enfouirais /ɑ̃.fwi.ʁɛ/ |
enfouirait /ɑ̃.fwi.ʁɛ/ |
enfouirions /ɑ̃.fwi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enfouiriez /ɑ̃.fwi.ʁje/ |
enfouiraient /ɑ̃.fwi.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | enfouisse /ɑ̃.fwis/ |
enfouisses /ɑ̃.fwis/ |
enfouisse /ɑ̃.fwis/ |
enfouissions /ɑ̃.fwi.sjɔ̃/ |
enfouissiez /ɑ̃.fwi.sje/ |
enfouissent /ɑ̃.fwis/ |
| imperfect1 |
enfouisse /ɑ̃.fwis/ |
enfouisses /ɑ̃.fwis/ |
enfouît /ɑ̃.fwi/ |
enfouissions /ɑ̃.fwi.sjɔ̃/ |
enfouissiez /ɑ̃.fwi.sje/ |
enfouissent /ɑ̃.fwis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | enfouis /ɑ̃.fwi/ |
— | enfouissons /ɑ̃.fwi.sɔ̃/ |
enfouissez /ɑ̃.fwi.se/ |
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