enchainer
See also: enchaîner
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
enchainer
- post-1990 spelling of enchaîner
Conjugation
Conjugation of enchainer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | enchainer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | enchainant /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | enchainé /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.ne/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | enchaine /ɑ̃.ʃɛn/ |
enchaines /ɑ̃.ʃɛn/ |
enchaine /ɑ̃.ʃɛn/ |
enchainons /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.nɔ̃/ |
enchainez /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.ne/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.ne/ |
enchainent /ɑ̃.ʃɛn/ |
| imperfect | enchainais /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.nɛ/ |
enchainais /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.nɛ/ |
enchainait /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.nɛ/ |
enchainions /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.njɔ̃/ |
enchainiez /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nje/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.nje/ |
enchainaient /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | enchainai /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.ne/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.ne/ |
enchainas /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.na/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.na/ |
enchaina /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.na/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.na/ |
enchainâmes /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nam/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.nam/ |
enchainâtes /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nat/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.nat/ |
enchainèrent /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.nɛʁ/ | |
| 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/ | |
| conditional | enchainerais /ɑ̃.ʃɛn.ʁɛ/ |
enchainerais /ɑ̃.ʃɛn.ʁɛ/ |
enchainerait /ɑ̃.ʃɛn.ʁɛ/ |
enchainerions /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enchaineriez /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.nə.ʁje/ |
enchaineraient /ɑ̃.ʃɛn.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 | enchaine /ɑ̃.ʃɛn/ |
enchaines /ɑ̃.ʃɛn/ |
enchaine /ɑ̃.ʃɛn/ |
enchainions /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.njɔ̃/ |
enchainiez /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nje/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.nje/ |
enchainent /ɑ̃.ʃɛn/ |
| imperfect2 | enchainasse /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nas/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.nas/ |
enchainasses /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nas/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.nas/ |
enchainât /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.na/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.na/ |
enchainassions /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.na.sjɔ̃/ |
enchainassiez /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.na.sje/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.na.sje/ |
enchainassent /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nas/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | enchaine /ɑ̃.ʃɛn/ |
— | enchainons /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.nɔ̃/ |
enchainez /ɑ̃.ʃɛ.ne/ or /ɑ̃.ʃe.ne/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “enchainer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.