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ensuivre
ensuivre
French
Verb
ensuivre
- (archaic or literary) to follow (to come after)
- (reflexive) to follow, to come next
- (reflexive) to result, to come as a result
Conjugation
This verb is defective, and is only used in the infinitive and the third-person singular and plural forms. This verb is conjugated only in the third person.
Conjugation of ensuivre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | ensuivre | avoir ensuivi | |||||
| gerund | en ensuivant | en ayant ensuivi | |||||
| present participle | ensuivant /ɑ̃.sɥi.vɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | ensuivi /ɑ̃.sɥi.vi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | ensuit /ɑ̃.sɥi/ |
— | — | ensuivent /ɑ̃.sɥiv/ |
| imperfect | — | — | ensuivait /ɑ̃.sɥi.vɛ/ |
— | — | ensuivaient /ɑ̃.sɥi.vɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | — | — |
ensuivit /ɑ̃.sɥi.vi/ |
— | — |
ensuivirent /ɑ̃.sɥi.viʁ/ |
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| future | — | — | ensuivra /ɑ̃.sɥi.vʁa/ |
— | — | ensuivront /ɑ̃.sɥi.vʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | — | — | ensuivrait /ɑ̃.sɥi.vʁɛ/ |
— | — | ensuivraient /ɑ̃.sɥi.vʁɛ/ |
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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 | — | — | ensuive /ɑ̃.sɥiv/ |
— | — | ensuivent /ɑ̃.sɥiv/ |
| imperfect1 | — | — |
ensuivît /ɑ̃.sɥi.vi/ |
— | — |
ensuivissent /ɑ̃.sɥi.vis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||