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ennuyer
ennuyer
French
Verb
ennuyer
- to afflict with boredom; to bore
- (reflexive) to be bored
- (reflexive + de) to miss something or someone
Related terms
Conjugation
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or appuyer. These verbs always replace the ‘y’ with an ‘i’ before a silent ‘e’.
Conjugation of ennuyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | ennuyer | avoir ennuyé | |||||
| gerund | en ennuyant | en ayant ennuyé | |||||
| present participle | ennuyant /ɑ̃.nɥi.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | ennuyé /ɑ̃.nɥi.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | ennuie /ɑ̃.nɥi/ |
ennuies /ɑ̃.nɥi/ |
ennuie /ɑ̃.nɥi/ |
ennuyons /ɑ̃.nɥi.jɔ̃/ |
ennuyez /ɑ̃.nɥi.je/ |
ennuient /ɑ̃.nɥi/ |
| imperfect | ennuyais /ɑ̃.nɥi.jɛ/ |
ennuyais /ɑ̃.nɥi.jɛ/ |
ennuyait /ɑ̃.nɥi.jɛ/ |
ennuyions /ɑ̃.nɥij.jɔ̃/ |
ennuyiez /ɑ̃.nɥij.je/ |
ennuyaient /ɑ̃.nɥi.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | ennuyai /ɑ̃.nɥi.je/ |
ennuyas /ɑ̃.nɥi.ja/ |
ennuya /ɑ̃.nɥi.ja/ |
ennuyâmes /ɑ̃.nɥi.jam/ |
ennuyâtes /ɑ̃.nɥi.jat/ |
ennuyèrent /ɑ̃.nɥi.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | ennuierai /ɑ̃.nɥi.ʁe/ |
ennuieras /ɑ̃.nɥi.ʁa/ |
ennuiera /ɑ̃.nɥi.ʁa/ |
ennuierons /ɑ̃.nɥi.ʁɔ̃/ |
ennuierez /ɑ̃.nɥi.ʁe/ |
ennuieront /ɑ̃.nɥi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | ennuierais /ɑ̃.nɥi.ʁɛ/ |
ennuierais /ɑ̃.nɥi.ʁɛ/ |
ennuierait /ɑ̃.nɥi.ʁɛ/ |
ennuierions /ɑ̃.nɥi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ennuieriez /ɑ̃.nɥi.ʁje/ |
ennuieraient /ɑ̃.nɥi.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 | ennuie /ɑ̃.nɥi/ |
ennuies /ɑ̃.nɥi/ |
ennuie /ɑ̃.nɥi/ |
ennuyions /ɑ̃.nɥij.jɔ̃/ |
ennuyiez /ɑ̃.nɥij.je/ |
ennuient /ɑ̃.nɥi/ |
| imperfect1 |
ennuyasse /ɑ̃.nɥi.jas/ |
ennuyasses /ɑ̃.nɥi.jas/ |
ennuyât /ɑ̃.nɥi.ja/ |
ennuyassions /ɑ̃.nɥi.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
ennuyassiez /ɑ̃.nɥi.ja.sje/ |
ennuyassent /ɑ̃.nɥi.jas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | ennuie /ɑ̃.nɥi/ |
— | ennuyons /ɑ̃.nɥi.jɔ̃/ |
ennuyez /ɑ̃.nɥi.je/ |
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