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ensevelir
ensevelir
French
Verb
ensevelir
- (transitive) to bury
- (transitive) to cover with earth
- (transitive, figuratively) to bury (hide something)
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to bury oneself, hide away
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 ensevelir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | ensevelir | avoir enseveli | |||||
| gerund | en ensevelissant | en ayant enseveli | |||||
| present participle | ensevelissant /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | enseveli /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | ensevelis /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li/ |
ensevelis /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li/ |
ensevelit /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li/ |
ensevelissons /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sɔ̃/ |
ensevelissez /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.se/ |
ensevelissent /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).lis/ |
| imperfect | ensevelissais /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sɛ/ |
ensevelissais /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sɛ/ |
ensevelissait /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sɛ/ |
ensevelissions /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sjɔ̃/ |
ensevelissiez /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sje/ |
ensevelissaient /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | ensevelis /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li/ |
ensevelis /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li/ |
ensevelit /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li/ |
ensevelîmes /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).lim/ |
ensevelîtes /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).lit/ |
ensevelirent /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).liʁ/ |
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| future | ensevelirai /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.ʁe/ |
enseveliras /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.ʁa/ |
ensevelira /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.ʁa/ |
ensevelirons /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.ʁɔ̃/ |
ensevelirez /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.ʁe/ |
enseveliront /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | ensevelirais /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.ʁɛ/ |
ensevelirais /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.ʁɛ/ |
ensevelirait /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.ʁɛ/ |
ensevelirions /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enseveliriez /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.ʁje/ |
enseveliraient /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.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 | ensevelisse /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).lis/ |
ensevelisses /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).lis/ |
ensevelisse /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).lis/ |
ensevelissions /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sjɔ̃/ |
ensevelissiez /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sje/ |
ensevelissent /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).lis/ |
| imperfect1 |
ensevelisse /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).lis/ |
ensevelisses /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).lis/ |
ensevelît /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li/ |
ensevelissions /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sjɔ̃/ |
ensevelissiez /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sje/ |
ensevelissent /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).lis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | ensevelis /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li/ |
— | ensevelissons /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sɔ̃/ |
ensevelissez /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.se/ |
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