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enjamber
enjamber
French
Verb
enjamber
- to straddle
- to stride
- (poetry) to make an enjambment
Conjugation
  Conjugation of enjamber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | enjamber | avoir enjambé | |||||
| gerund | en enjambant | en ayant enjambé | |||||
| present participle | enjambant /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | enjambé /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses | present | enjambe /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/ | enjambes /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/ | enjambe /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/ | enjambons /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɔ̃/ | enjambez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be/ | enjambent /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/ | 
| imperfect | enjambais /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɛ/ | enjambais /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɛ/ | enjambait /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɛ/ | enjambions /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bjɔ̃/ | enjambiez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bje/ | enjambaient /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | enjambai /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be/ | enjambas /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.ba/ | enjamba /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.ba/ | enjambâmes /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bam/ | enjambâtes /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bat/ | enjambèrent /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɛʁ/ | |
| future | enjamberai /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁe/ | enjamberas /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁa/ | enjambera /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁa/ | enjamberons /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɔ̃/ | enjamberez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁe/ | enjamberont /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | enjamberais /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɛ/ | enjamberais /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɛ/ | enjamberait /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɛ/ | enjamberions /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ | enjamberiez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bə.ʁje/ | enjamberaient /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɛ/ | |
| 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 | enjambe /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/ | enjambes /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/ | enjambe /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/ | enjambions /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bjɔ̃/ | enjambiez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bje/ | enjambent /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/ | 
| imperfect1 | enjambasse /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bas/ | enjambasses /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bas/ | enjambât /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.ba/ | enjambassions /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/ | enjambassiez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.ba.sje/ | enjambassent /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bas/ | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | enjambe /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/ | — | enjambons /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɔ̃/ | enjambez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be/ | — | ||
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