Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb encager
Introduction to the verb encager
The English translation of the French verb “encager” is “to cage.” The infinitive form “encager” is pronounced as ahn-kah-zhay.
The word “encager” is derived from the combination of the prefix “en-” (meaning “in” or “into”) and the noun “cage” (meaning “cage”). It is most commonly used to describe the action of confining or imprisoning someone or something within a cage.
Examples of usage:
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Les zoos encagent souvent les animaux pour assurer leur sécurité.
(Zoos often cage animals to ensure their safety.) -
Le chasseur a encagé les oiseaux avant de les relâcher dans la nature.
(The hunter caged the birds before releasing them into the wild.) -
Les manifestants ont encagé symboliquement le bâtiment gouvernemental pour protester.
(The protesters symbolically caged the government building to protest.)
Note: Examples provided are for illustrative purposes only and may not reflect real-life situations.
Encager – About the French Present Tense
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Common Everyday Usage Patterns For Le Present
Interactions with Other Tenses
Table of the Present Tense Conjugation of encager
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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Je | J’encage | J’encage un oiseau. | I cage a bird. |
Tu | Tu encages | Tu encages les animaux. | You cage the animals. |
Il | Il encage | Il encage un tigre. | He cages a tiger. |
Elle | Elle encage | Elle encage un lion. | She cages a lion. |
On | On encage | On encage les singes. | One cages the monkeys. |
Nous | Nous encageons | Nous encageons les oiseaux. | We cage the birds. |
Vous | Vous encagez | Vous encagez les animaux. | You cage the animals. |
Ils | Ils encagent | Ils encagent les tigres. | They cage the tigers. |
Elles | Elles encagent | Elles encagent les lions. | They cage the lions. |
Other Conjugations for Encager.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb encager (You’re reading it right now!)
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encager
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encager
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encager
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encager
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encager
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encager
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encager
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encager
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encager
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encager
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encager
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encager
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encager
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encager
Conditionnel Passé II (Conditional Past II) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encager
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encager
L’impératif Passé (Imperative Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encager
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encager
L’infinitif Passé (Infinitive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encager
Le Participe Présent (Present Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encager
Le Participe Passé (Past Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encager
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