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encager
encager
French
Verb
encager
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written encage- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of encager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | encager | avoir encagé | |||||
| gerund | en encageant | en ayant encagé | |||||
| present participle | encageant /ɑ̃.ka.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | encagé /ɑ̃.ka.ʒe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | encage /ɑ̃.kaʒ/ |
encages /ɑ̃.kaʒ/ |
encage /ɑ̃.kaʒ/ |
encageons /ɑ̃.ka.ʒɔ̃/ |
encagez /ɑ̃.ka.ʒe/ |
encagent /ɑ̃.kaʒ/ |
| imperfect | encageais /ɑ̃.ka.ʒɛ/ |
encageais /ɑ̃.ka.ʒɛ/ |
encageait /ɑ̃.ka.ʒɛ/ |
encagions /ɑ̃.ka.ʒjɔ̃/ |
encagiez /ɑ̃.ka.ʒje/ |
encageaient /ɑ̃.ka.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | encageai /ɑ̃.ka.ʒe/ |
encageas /ɑ̃.ka.ʒa/ |
encagea /ɑ̃.ka.ʒa/ |
encageâmes /ɑ̃.ka.ʒam/ |
encageâtes /ɑ̃.ka.ʒat/ |
encagèrent /ɑ̃.ka.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | encagerai /ɑ̃.kaʒ.ʁe/ |
encageras /ɑ̃.kaʒ.ʁa/ |
encagera /ɑ̃.kaʒ.ʁa/ |
encagerons /ɑ̃.kaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
encagerez /ɑ̃.kaʒ.ʁe/ |
encageront /ɑ̃.kaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | encagerais /ɑ̃.kaʒ.ʁɛ/ |
encagerais /ɑ̃.kaʒ.ʁɛ/ |
encagerait /ɑ̃.kaʒ.ʁɛ/ |
encagerions /ɑ̃.ka.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
encageriez /ɑ̃.ka.ʒə.ʁje/ |
encageraient /ɑ̃.kaʒ.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 | encage /ɑ̃.kaʒ/ |
encages /ɑ̃.kaʒ/ |
encage /ɑ̃.kaʒ/ |
encagions /ɑ̃.ka.ʒjɔ̃/ |
encagiez /ɑ̃.ka.ʒje/ |
encagent /ɑ̃.kaʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
encageasse /ɑ̃.ka.ʒas/ |
encageasses /ɑ̃.ka.ʒas/ |
encageât /ɑ̃.ka.ʒa/ |
encageassions /ɑ̃.ka.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
encageassiez /ɑ̃.ka.ʒa.sje/ |
encageassent /ɑ̃.ka.ʒas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | encage /ɑ̃.kaʒ/ |
— | encageons /ɑ̃.ka.ʒɔ̃/ |
encagez /ɑ̃.ka.ʒe/ |
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