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embrayer
embrayer
French
Verb
embrayer
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer, the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to both groups, according to the writer's preference).
Conjugation of embrayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | embrayer | avoir embrayé | |||||
| gerund | en embrayant | en ayant embrayé | |||||
| present participle | embrayant /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | embrayé /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | embraye or embraie /ɑ̃.bʁɛj/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ/ |
embrayes or embraies /ɑ̃.bʁɛj/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ/ |
embraye or embraie /ɑ̃.bʁɛj/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ/ |
embrayons /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jɔ̃/ |
embrayez /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.je/ |
embrayent or embraient /ɑ̃.bʁɛj/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ/ |
| imperfect | embrayais /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jɛ/ |
embrayais /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jɛ/ |
embrayait /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jɛ/ |
embrayions /ɑ̃.bʁɛj.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bʁej.jɔ̃/ |
embrayiez /ɑ̃.bʁɛj.je/ or /ɑ̃.bʁej.je/ |
embrayaient /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | embrayai /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.je/ |
embrayas /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ja/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.ja/ |
embraya /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ja/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.ja/ |
embrayâmes /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jam/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jam/ |
embrayâtes /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jat/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jat/ |
embrayèrent /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | embrayerai or embraierai /ɑ̃.bʁɛj.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ʁe/ |
embrayeras or embraieras /ɑ̃.bʁɛj.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ʁa/ |
embrayera or embraiera /ɑ̃.bʁɛj.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ʁa/ |
embrayerons or embraierons /ɑ̃.bʁɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
embrayerez or embraierez /ɑ̃.bʁɛj.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ʁe/ |
embrayeront or embraieront /ɑ̃.bʁɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | embrayerais or embraierais /ɑ̃.bʁɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ʁɛ/ |
embrayerais or embraierais /ɑ̃.bʁɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ʁɛ/ |
embrayerait or embraierait /ɑ̃.bʁɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ʁɛ/ |
embrayerions or embraierions /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
embrayeriez or embraieriez /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ʁje/ |
embrayeraient or embraieraient /ɑ̃.bʁɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.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 | embraye or embraie /ɑ̃.bʁɛj/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ/ |
embrayes or embraies /ɑ̃.bʁɛj/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ/ |
embraye or embraie /ɑ̃.bʁɛj/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ/ |
embrayions /ɑ̃.bʁɛj.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bʁej.jɔ̃/ |
embrayiez /ɑ̃.bʁɛj.je/ or /ɑ̃.bʁej.je/ |
embrayent or embraient /ɑ̃.bʁɛj/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ/ |
| imperfect1 |
embrayasse /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jas/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jas/ |
embrayasses /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jas/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jas/ |
embrayât /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ja/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.ja/ |
embrayassions /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
embrayassiez /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ja.sje/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.ja.sje/ |
embrayassent /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jas/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | embraye or embraie /ɑ̃.bʁɛj/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ/ |
— | embrayons /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jɔ̃/ |
embrayez /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.je/ |
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