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enmener
enmener
Old French
Verb
enmener
- to lead away; to take away
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au Lion:
- La damoiselle ainssi l'enmaine
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. It has two stems, a unstressed one in -men- that appears in most forms and a stressed one in -mein- (also -main-) that appears in parts of the present indicative, subjunctive and imperative. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of enmener (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | enmener | avoir enmené | |||||
| gerund | en enmenant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | enmenant | ||||||
| past participle | enmené | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | enmein, enmain | enmeines, enmaines | enmeine, enmaine | enmenons | enmenez | enmeinent, enmainent |
| imperfect | enmenoie, enmeneie, enmenoe, enmeneve | enmenoies, enmeneies, enmenoes, enmeneves | enmenoit, enmeneit, enmenot, enmeneve | enmeniiens, enmeniens | enmeniiez, enmeniez | enmenoient, enmeneient, enmenoent, enmenevent | |
| preterite | enmenai | enmenas | enmena | enmenames | enmenastes | enmenerent | |
| future | enmenerai | enmeneras | enmenera | enmenerons | enmeneroiz, enmenereiz, enmenerez | enmeneront | |
| conditional | enmeneroie, enmenereie | enmeneroies, enmenereies | enmeneroit, enmenereit | enmeneriiens, enmeneriens | enmeneriiez, enmeneriez | enmeneroient, enmenereient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | enmein, enmain | enmeins, enmains | enmeint, enmaint | enmenons | enmenez | enmeinent, enmainent |
| imperfect | enmenasse | enmenasses | enmenast | enmenissons, enmenissiens | enmenissoiz, enmenissez, enmenissiez | enmenassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | enmeine, enmaine | — | enmenons | enmenez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: emmener