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entamer
entamer
French
Verb
entamer
- to cut into (something)
- to eat into (savings etc.); to undermine (credibility)
- to remove a small piece of something
- to start, to begin, initiate
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Conjugation
Conjugation of entamer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | entamer | avoir entamé | |||||
| gerund | en entamant | en ayant entamé | |||||
| present participle | entamant /ɑ̃.ta.mɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | entamé /ɑ̃.ta.me/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | entame /ɑ̃.tam/ |
entames /ɑ̃.tam/ |
entame /ɑ̃.tam/ |
entamons /ɑ̃.ta.mɔ̃/ |
entamez /ɑ̃.ta.me/ |
entament /ɑ̃.tam/ |
| imperfect | entamais /ɑ̃.ta.mɛ/ |
entamais /ɑ̃.ta.mɛ/ |
entamait /ɑ̃.ta.mɛ/ |
entamions /ɑ̃.ta.mjɔ̃/ |
entamiez /ɑ̃.ta.mje/ |
entamaient /ɑ̃.ta.mɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | entamai /ɑ̃.ta.me/ |
entamas /ɑ̃.ta.ma/ |
entama /ɑ̃.ta.ma/ |
entamâmes /ɑ̃.ta.mam/ |
entamâtes /ɑ̃.ta.mat/ |
entamèrent /ɑ̃.ta.mɛʁ/ |
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| future | entamerai /ɑ̃.tam.ʁe/ |
entameras /ɑ̃.tam.ʁa/ |
entamera /ɑ̃.tam.ʁa/ |
entamerons /ɑ̃.tam.ʁɔ̃/ |
entamerez /ɑ̃.tam.ʁe/ |
entameront /ɑ̃.tam.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | entamerais /ɑ̃.tam.ʁɛ/ |
entamerais /ɑ̃.tam.ʁɛ/ |
entamerait /ɑ̃.tam.ʁɛ/ |
entamerions /ɑ̃.ta.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
entameriez /ɑ̃.ta.mə.ʁje/ |
entameraient /ɑ̃.tam.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 | entame /ɑ̃.tam/ |
entames /ɑ̃.tam/ |
entame /ɑ̃.tam/ |
entamions /ɑ̃.ta.mjɔ̃/ |
entamiez /ɑ̃.ta.mje/ |
entament /ɑ̃.tam/ |
| imperfect1 |
entamasse /ɑ̃.ta.mas/ |
entamasses /ɑ̃.ta.mas/ |
entamât /ɑ̃.ta.ma/ |
entamassions /ɑ̃.ta.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
entamassiez /ɑ̃.ta.ma.sje/ |
entamassent /ɑ̃.ta.mas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | entame /ɑ̃.tam/ |
— | entamons /ɑ̃.ta.mɔ̃/ |
entamez /ɑ̃.ta.me/ |
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