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enquérir
enquérir
French
Verb
enquérir
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to inquire (about = de)
Conjugation
Conjugation of enquérir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | enquérir | avoir enquis | |||||
| gerund | en enquérant | en ayant enquis | |||||
| present participle | enquérant /ɑ̃.ke.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | enquis /ɑ̃.ki/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | enquiers /ɑ̃.kjɛʁ/ |
enquiers /ɑ̃.kjɛʁ/ |
enquiert /ɑ̃.kjɛʁ/ |
enquérons /ɑ̃.ke.ʁɔ̃/ |
enquérez /ɑ̃.ke.ʁe/ |
enquièrent /ɑ̃.kjɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | enquérais /ɑ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ |
enquérais /ɑ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ |
enquérait /ɑ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ |
enquérions /ɑ̃.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enquériez /ɑ̃.ke.ʁje/ |
enquéraient /ɑ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | enquis /ɑ̃.ki/ |
enquis /ɑ̃.ki/ |
enquit /ɑ̃.ki/ |
enquîmes /ɑ̃.kim/ |
enquîtes /ɑ̃.kit/ |
enquirent /ɑ̃.kiʁ/ |
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| future | enquerrai /ɑ̃.kɛ.ʁe/ |
enquerras /ɑ̃.kɛ.ʁa/ |
enquerra /ɑ̃.kɛ.ʁa/ |
enquerrons /ɑ̃.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
enquerrez /ɑ̃.kɛ.ʁe/ |
enquerront /ɑ̃.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | enquerrais /ɑ̃.kɛ.ʁɛ/ |
enquerrais /ɑ̃.kɛ.ʁɛ/ |
enquerrait /ɑ̃.kɛ.ʁɛ/ |
enquerrions /ɑ̃.kɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enquerriez /ɑ̃.kɛ.ʁje/ |
enquerraient /ɑ̃.kɛ.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 | enquière /ɑ̃.kjɛʁ/ |
enquières /ɑ̃.kjɛʁ/ |
enquière /ɑ̃.kjɛʁ/ |
enquérions /ɑ̃.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enquériez /ɑ̃.ke.ʁje/ |
enquièrent /ɑ̃.kjɛʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
enquisse /ɑ̃.kis/ |
enquisses /ɑ̃.kis/ |
enquît /ɑ̃.ki/ |
enquissions /ɑ̃.ki.sjɔ̃/ |
enquissiez /ɑ̃.ki.sje/ |
enquissent /ɑ̃.kis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | enquiers /ɑ̃.kjɛʁ/ |
— | enquérons /ɑ̃.ke.ʁɔ̃/ |
enquérez /ɑ̃.ke.ʁe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Synonyms
- se renseigner sur
- s'informer de
- enquêter sur
Derived terms
- enquête (n.): investigation, inquest
- enquêter (vi.): investigate