engouer
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
engouer
- (obsolete) to block the gullet when swallowing
- (reflexive, s'engouer, ~ de) to become passionate or infatuated (with)
Conjugation
Conjugation of engouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | engouer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | engouant /ɑ̃.ɡwɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | engoué /ɑ̃.ɡwe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | engoue /ɑ̃.ɡu/ | engoues /ɑ̃.ɡu/ | engoue /ɑ̃.ɡu/ | engouons /ɑ̃.ɡwɔ̃/ | engouez /ɑ̃.ɡwe/ | engouent /ɑ̃.ɡu/ |
imperfect | engouais /ɑ̃.ɡwɛ/ | engouais /ɑ̃.ɡwɛ/ | engouait /ɑ̃.ɡwɛ/ | engouions /ɑ̃.ɡu.jɔ̃/ | engouiez /ɑ̃.ɡu.je/ | engouaient /ɑ̃.ɡwɛ/ | |
past historic2 | engouai /ɑ̃.ɡwe/ | engouas /ɑ̃.ɡwa/ | engoua /ɑ̃.ɡwa/ | engouâmes /ɑ̃.ɡwam/ | engouâtes /ɑ̃.ɡwat/ | engouèrent /ɑ̃.ɡwɛʁ/ | |
future | engouerai /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁe/ | engoueras /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁa/ | engouera /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁa/ | engouerons /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁɔ̃/ | engouerez /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁe/ | engoueront /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | engouerais /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁɛ/ | engouerais /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁɛ/ | engouerait /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁɛ/ | engouerions /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁjɔ̃/ | engoueriez /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁje/ | engoueraient /ɑ̃.ɡu.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 | engoue /ɑ̃.ɡu/ | engoues /ɑ̃.ɡu/ | engoue /ɑ̃.ɡu/ | engouions /ɑ̃.ɡu.jɔ̃/ | engouiez /ɑ̃.ɡu.je/ | engouent /ɑ̃.ɡu/ |
imperfect2 | engouasse /ɑ̃.ɡwas/ | engouasses /ɑ̃.ɡwas/ | engouât /ɑ̃.ɡwa/ | engouassions /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sjɔ̃/ | engouassiez /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sje/ | engouassent /ɑ̃.ɡwas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | engoue /ɑ̃.ɡu/ | — | engouons /ɑ̃.ɡwɔ̃/ | engouez /ɑ̃.ɡwe/ | — | |
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
- engouement
Further reading
- “engouer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.