enjamber
French
Etymology
From en- + jambe + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be/
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Verb
enjamber
- to straddle
- to stride
- (poetry) to make an enjambment
Conjugation
Conjugation of enjamber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | enjamber | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | enjambant /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | enjambé /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | enjambe /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/ | enjambes /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/ | enjambe /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/ | enjambons /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɔ̃/ | enjambez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be/ | enjambent /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/ |
imperfect | enjambais /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɛ/ | enjambais /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɛ/ | enjambait /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɛ/ | enjambions /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bjɔ̃/ | enjambiez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bje/ | enjambaient /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɛ/ | |
past historic2 | enjambai /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be/ | enjambas /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.ba/ | enjamba /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.ba/ | enjambâmes /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bam/ | enjambâtes /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bat/ | enjambèrent /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɛʁ/ | |
future | enjamberai /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁe/ | enjamberas /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁa/ | enjambera /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁa/ | enjamberons /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɔ̃/ | enjamberez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁe/ | enjamberont /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | enjamberais /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɛ/ | enjamberais /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɛ/ | enjamberait /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɛ/ | enjamberions /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ | enjamberiez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bə.ʁje/ | enjamberaient /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɛ/ | |
(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 | enjambe /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/ | enjambes /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/ | enjambe /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/ | enjambions /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bjɔ̃/ | enjambiez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bje/ | enjambent /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/ |
imperfect2 | enjambasse /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bas/ | enjambasses /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bas/ | enjambât /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.ba/ | enjambassions /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/ | enjambassiez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.ba.sje/ | enjambassent /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | enjambe /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/ | — | enjambons /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɔ̃/ | enjambez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be/ | — | |
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
- enjambement
Further reading
- “enjamber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.