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enliser
enliser
French
Verb
enliser
- (transitive) to get (a ship or vehicle) stuck in mud, sand etc.
- (reflexive) to get stuck in mud, sand etc.
- (reflexive, figuratively) to get bogged down
- (reflexive, figuratively) to sink deeper (into a hole of e.g. lies)
Conjugation
Conjugation of enliser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | enliser | avoir enlisé | |||||
| gerund | en enlisant | en ayant enlisé | |||||
| present participle | enlisant /ɑ̃.li.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | enlisé /ɑ̃.li.ze/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | enlise /ɑ̃.liz/ |
enlises /ɑ̃.liz/ |
enlise /ɑ̃.liz/ |
enlisons /ɑ̃.li.zɔ̃/ |
enlisez /ɑ̃.li.ze/ |
enlisent /ɑ̃.liz/ |
| imperfect | enlisais /ɑ̃.li.zɛ/ |
enlisais /ɑ̃.li.zɛ/ |
enlisait /ɑ̃.li.zɛ/ |
enlisions /ɑ̃.li.zjɔ̃/ |
enlisiez /ɑ̃.li.zje/ |
enlisaient /ɑ̃.li.zɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | enlisai /ɑ̃.li.ze/ |
enlisas /ɑ̃.li.za/ |
enlisa /ɑ̃.li.za/ |
enlisâmes /ɑ̃.li.zam/ |
enlisâtes /ɑ̃.li.zat/ |
enlisèrent /ɑ̃.li.zɛʁ/ |
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| future | enliserai /ɑ̃.liz.ʁe/ |
enliseras /ɑ̃.liz.ʁa/ |
enlisera /ɑ̃.liz.ʁa/ |
enliserons /ɑ̃.liz.ʁɔ̃/ |
enliserez /ɑ̃.liz.ʁe/ |
enliseront /ɑ̃.liz.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | enliserais /ɑ̃.liz.ʁɛ/ |
enliserais /ɑ̃.liz.ʁɛ/ |
enliserait /ɑ̃.liz.ʁɛ/ |
enliserions /ɑ̃.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enliseriez /ɑ̃.li.zə.ʁje/ |
enliseraient /ɑ̃.liz.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 | enlise /ɑ̃.liz/ |
enlises /ɑ̃.liz/ |
enlise /ɑ̃.liz/ |
enlisions /ɑ̃.li.zjɔ̃/ |
enlisiez /ɑ̃.li.zje/ |
enlisent /ɑ̃.liz/ |
| imperfect1 |
enlisasse /ɑ̃.li.zas/ |
enlisasses /ɑ̃.li.zas/ |
enlisât /ɑ̃.li.za/ |
enlisassions /ɑ̃.li.za.sjɔ̃/ |
enlisassiez /ɑ̃.li.za.sje/ |
enlisassent /ɑ̃.li.zas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | enlise /ɑ̃.liz/ |
— | enlisons /ɑ̃.li.zɔ̃/ |
enlisez /ɑ̃.li.ze/ |
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