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enchainer
enchainer
See also: enchaîner
French
Verb
enchainer
- Alternative spelling of enchaîner
Conjugation
Conjugation of enchainer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | enchainer | avoir enchainé | |||||
gerund | en enchainant | en ayant enchainé | |||||
present participle | enchainant /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nɑ̃/ |
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past participle | enchainé /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.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 | enchaine /ɑ̃.ʃɛn/ |
enchaines /ɑ̃.ʃɛn/ |
enchaine /ɑ̃.ʃɛn/ |
enchainons /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nɔ̃/ |
enchainez /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.ne/ |
enchainent /ɑ̃.ʃɛn/ |
imperfect | enchainais /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nɛ/ |
enchainais /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nɛ/ |
enchainait /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nɛ/ |
enchainions /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.njɔ̃/ |
enchainiez /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nje/ |
enchainaient /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nɛ/ |
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past historic1 | enchainai /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.ne/ |
enchainas /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.na/ |
enchaina /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.na/ |
enchainâmes /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nam/ |
enchainâtes /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nat/ |
enchainèrent /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nɛʁ/ |
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future | enchainerai /ɑ̃.ʃɛn.ʁe/ |
enchaineras /ɑ̃.ʃɛn.ʁa/ |
enchainera /ɑ̃.ʃɛn.ʁa/ |
enchainerons /ɑ̃.ʃɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
enchainerez /ɑ̃.ʃɛn.ʁe/ |
enchaineront /ɑ̃.ʃɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
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conditional | enchainerais /ɑ̃.ʃɛn.ʁɛ/ |
enchainerais /ɑ̃.ʃɛn.ʁɛ/ |
enchainerait /ɑ̃.ʃɛn.ʁɛ/ |
enchainerions /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enchaineriez /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nə.ʁje/ |
enchaineraient /ɑ̃.ʃɛn.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 | enchaine /ɑ̃.ʃɛn/ |
enchaines /ɑ̃.ʃɛn/ |
enchaine /ɑ̃.ʃɛn/ |
enchainions /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.njɔ̃/ |
enchainiez /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nje/ |
enchainent /ɑ̃.ʃɛn/ |
imperfect1 |
enchainasse /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nas/ |
enchainasses /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nas/ |
enchainât /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.na/ |
enchainassions /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
enchainassiez /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.na.sje/ |
enchainassent /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.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 | – | |
— | enchaine /ɑ̃.ʃɛn/ |
— | enchainons /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nɔ̃/ |
enchainez /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.ne/ |
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1literary tenses |
Usage notes
This spelling was a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.