embusquer
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bys.ke/
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Verb
embusquer
- to ambush
Conjugation
Conjugation of embusquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | embusquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | embusquant /ɑ̃.bys.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | embusqué /ɑ̃.bys.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | embusque /ɑ̃.bysk/ |
embusques /ɑ̃.bysk/ |
embusque /ɑ̃.bysk/ |
embusquons /ɑ̃.bys.kɔ̃/ |
embusquez /ɑ̃.bys.ke/ |
embusquent /ɑ̃.bysk/ |
| imperfect | embusquais /ɑ̃.bys.kɛ/ |
embusquais /ɑ̃.bys.kɛ/ |
embusquait /ɑ̃.bys.kɛ/ |
embusquions /ɑ̃.bys.kjɔ̃/ |
embusquiez /ɑ̃.bys.kje/ |
embusquaient /ɑ̃.bys.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | embusquai /ɑ̃.bys.ke/ |
embusquas /ɑ̃.bys.ka/ |
embusqua /ɑ̃.bys.ka/ |
embusquâmes /ɑ̃.bys.kam/ |
embusquâtes /ɑ̃.bys.kat/ |
embusquèrent /ɑ̃.bys.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | embusquerai /ɑ̃.bys.kə.ʁe/ |
embusqueras /ɑ̃.bys.kə.ʁa/ |
embusquera /ɑ̃.bys.kə.ʁa/ |
embusquerons /ɑ̃.bys.kə.ʁɔ̃/ |
embusquerez /ɑ̃.bys.kə.ʁe/ |
embusqueront /ɑ̃.bys.kə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | embusquerais /ɑ̃.bys.kə.ʁɛ/ |
embusquerais /ɑ̃.bys.kə.ʁɛ/ |
embusquerait /ɑ̃.bys.kə.ʁɛ/ |
embusquerions /ɑ̃.bys.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
embusqueriez /ɑ̃.bys.kə.ʁje/ |
embusqueraient /ɑ̃.bys.kə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | embusque /ɑ̃.bysk/ |
embusques /ɑ̃.bysk/ |
embusque /ɑ̃.bysk/ |
embusquions /ɑ̃.bys.kjɔ̃/ |
embusquiez /ɑ̃.bys.kje/ |
embusquent /ɑ̃.bysk/ |
| imperfect2 | embusquasse /ɑ̃.bys.kas/ |
embusquasses /ɑ̃.bys.kas/ |
embusquât /ɑ̃.bys.ka/ |
embusquassions /ɑ̃.bys.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
embusquassiez /ɑ̃.bys.ka.sje/ |
embusquassent /ɑ̃.bys.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | embusque /ɑ̃.bysk/ |
— | embusquons /ɑ̃.bys.kɔ̃/ |
embusquez /ɑ̃.bys.ke/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “embusquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.