embouer
French
Etymology
en- + boue (“mud; dirt”) + -er
Pronunciation
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Verb
embouer
- to mud (make muddy)
Conjugation
Conjugation of embouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | embouer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | embouant /ɑ̃.bwɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | emboué /ɑ̃.bwe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | emboue /ɑ̃.bu/ | emboues /ɑ̃.bu/ | emboue /ɑ̃.bu/ | embouons /ɑ̃.bwɔ̃/ | embouez /ɑ̃.bwe/ | embouent /ɑ̃.bu/ |
imperfect | embouais /ɑ̃.bwɛ/ | embouais /ɑ̃.bwɛ/ | embouait /ɑ̃.bwɛ/ | embouions /ɑ̃.bu.jɔ̃/ | embouiez /ɑ̃.bu.je/ | embouaient /ɑ̃.bwɛ/ | |
past historic2 | embouai /ɑ̃.bwe/ | embouas /ɑ̃.bwa/ | emboua /ɑ̃.bwa/ | embouâmes /ɑ̃.bwam/ | embouâtes /ɑ̃.bwat/ | embouèrent /ɑ̃.bwɛʁ/ | |
future | embouerai /ɑ̃.bu.ʁe/ | emboueras /ɑ̃.bu.ʁa/ | embouera /ɑ̃.bu.ʁa/ | embouerons /ɑ̃.bu.ʁɔ̃/ | embouerez /ɑ̃.bu.ʁe/ | emboueront /ɑ̃.bu.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | embouerais /ɑ̃.bu.ʁɛ/ | embouerais /ɑ̃.bu.ʁɛ/ | embouerait /ɑ̃.bu.ʁɛ/ | embouerions /ɑ̃.bu.ʁjɔ̃/ | emboueriez /ɑ̃.bu.ʁje/ | emboueraient /ɑ̃.bu.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 | emboue /ɑ̃.bu/ | emboues /ɑ̃.bu/ | emboue /ɑ̃.bu/ | embouions /ɑ̃.bu.jɔ̃/ | embouiez /ɑ̃.bu.je/ | embouent /ɑ̃.bu/ |
imperfect2 | embouasse /ɑ̃.bwas/ | embouasses /ɑ̃.bwas/ | embouât /ɑ̃.bwa/ | embouassions /ɑ̃.bwa.sjɔ̃/ | embouassiez /ɑ̃.bwa.sje/ | embouassent /ɑ̃.bwas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | emboue /ɑ̃.bu/ | — | embouons /ɑ̃.bwɔ̃/ | embouez /ɑ̃.bwe/ | — | |
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). |
Derived terms
- désembouer
Further reading
- “embouer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.