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engourdir
engourdir
French
Verb
engourdir
- (transitive) to numb, make numb
- (transitive) to dull, deaden, blunt
- (reflexive) to go numb, go to sleep
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of engourdir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | engourdir | avoir engourdi | |||||
| gerund | en engourdissant | en ayant engourdi | |||||
| present participle | engourdissant /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | engourdi /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | engourdis /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di/ |
engourdis /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di/ |
engourdit /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di/ |
engourdissons /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.sɔ̃/ |
engourdissez /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.se/ |
engourdissent /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.dis/ |
| imperfect | engourdissais /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.sɛ/ |
engourdissais /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.sɛ/ |
engourdissait /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.sɛ/ |
engourdissions /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ |
engourdissiez /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.sje/ |
engourdissaient /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | engourdis /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di/ |
engourdis /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di/ |
engourdit /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di/ |
engourdîmes /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.dim/ |
engourdîtes /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.dit/ |
engourdirent /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.diʁ/ |
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| future | engourdirai /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.ʁe/ |
engourdiras /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.ʁa/ |
engourdira /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.ʁa/ |
engourdirons /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.ʁɔ̃/ |
engourdirez /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.ʁe/ |
engourdiront /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | engourdirais /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.ʁɛ/ |
engourdirais /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.ʁɛ/ |
engourdirait /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.ʁɛ/ |
engourdirions /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.ʁjɔ̃/ |
engourdiriez /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.ʁje/ |
engourdiraient /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | engourdisse /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.dis/ |
engourdisses /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.dis/ |
engourdisse /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.dis/ |
engourdissions /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ |
engourdissiez /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.sje/ |
engourdissent /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.dis/ |
| imperfect1 |
engourdisse /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.dis/ |
engourdisses /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.dis/ |
engourdît /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di/ |
engourdissions /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ |
engourdissiez /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.sje/ |
engourdissent /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.dis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | engourdis /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di/ |
— | engourdissons /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.sɔ̃/ |
engourdissez /ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.di.se/ |
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