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engainer
engainer
French
Verb
engainer
- to sheathe
Conjugation
Conjugation of engainer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | engainer | avoir engainé | |||||
| gerund | en engainant | en ayant engainé | |||||
| present participle | engainant /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | engainé /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | engaine /ɑ̃.ɡɛn/ |
engaines /ɑ̃.ɡɛn/ |
engaine /ɑ̃.ɡɛn/ |
engainons /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nɔ̃/ |
engainez /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.ne/ |
engainent /ɑ̃.ɡɛn/ |
| imperfect | engainais /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nɛ/ |
engainais /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nɛ/ |
engainait /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nɛ/ |
engainions /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.njɔ̃/ |
engainiez /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nje/ |
engainaient /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | engainai /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.ne/ |
engainas /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.na/ |
engaina /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.na/ |
engainâmes /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nam/ |
engainâtes /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nat/ |
engainèrent /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | engainerai /ɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁe/ |
engaineras /ɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁa/ |
engainera /ɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁa/ |
engainerons /ɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
engainerez /ɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁe/ |
engaineront /ɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | engainerais /ɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁɛ/ |
engainerais /ɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁɛ/ |
engainerait /ɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁɛ/ |
engainerions /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
engaineriez /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nə.ʁje/ |
engaineraient /ɑ̃.ɡɛn.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 | engaine /ɑ̃.ɡɛn/ |
engaines /ɑ̃.ɡɛn/ |
engaine /ɑ̃.ɡɛn/ |
engainions /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.njɔ̃/ |
engainiez /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nje/ |
engainent /ɑ̃.ɡɛn/ |
| imperfect1 |
engainasse /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nas/ |
engainasses /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nas/ |
engainât /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.na/ |
engainassions /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
engainassiez /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.na.sje/ |
engainassent /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | engaine /ɑ̃.ɡɛn/ |
— | engainons /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nɔ̃/ |
engainez /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.ne/ |
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