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 | |||||
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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.