Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enferrer
Introduction to the verb enferrer
The English translation of the French verb enferrer is “to trap” or “to ensnare.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “ahn-fehr-AY.”
Enferrer comes from the Old French word “enfermer,” meaning “to confine” or “to lock up.” It is derived from the Latin word “inferrare,” which means “to enclose.”
In everyday French, enferrer is most often used in the Conditionnel Présent tense to express a hypothetical situation or a future event that depends on another condition.
Here are three examples of enferrer in the Conditionnel Présent tense:
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Si tu te mets à mentir, tu t’enferrerais dans tes mensonges. (If you start lying, you would trap yourself in your lies.)
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J’aimerais qu’il m’explique cette situation pour ne pas m’enferrer dans des malentendus. (I would like him to explain this situation so that I don’t get trapped in misunderstandings.)
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Si je n’avais pas de réponse de sa part, je m’enferrerais dans l’incertitude. (If I didn’t receive a response from him, I would be trapped in uncertainty.)
English translations:
- If you start lying, you will trap yourself in your lies.
- I would like him to explain this situation so that I don’t get trapped in misunderstandings.
- If I didn’t receive a response from him, I would be trapped in uncertainty.
Table of the Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of enferrer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | enverrais | Je enverrais un cadeau. | I would send a gift. |
tu | enverrais | Tu enverrais une lettre. | You would send a letter. |
il | enverrait | Il enverrait un message. | He would send a message. |
elle | enverrait | Elle enverrait un colis. | She would send a package. |
on | enverrait | On enverrait une invitation. | One would send an invitation. |
nous | enverrions | Nous enverrions des fleurs. | We would send flowers. |
vous | enverriez | Vous enverriez un email. | You would send an email. |
ils | enverraient | Ils enverraient un fax. | They would send a fax. |
elles | enverraient | Elles enverraient une carte postale. | They would send a postcard. |
Other Conjugations for Enferrer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb enferrer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enferrer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enferrer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enferrer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enferrer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enferrer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enferrer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enferrer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enferrer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enferrer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enferrer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enferrer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enferrer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enferrer (this article)
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enferrer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enferrer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb enferrer
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Enferrer – About the French Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense
Formation
Common Everyday Usage Patterns
Expressing Polite Requests
Expressing Hypothetical Situations
Expressing Doubt or Uncertainty
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present Tense
Past Tense
Future Tense
Conditional Perfect
Summary
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