Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encager
Introduction to the verb encager
The English translation of the French verb encager is “to cage” or “to imprison”. The infinitive form is pronounced as ahn-kah-zhay.
The word encager comes from the French prefix “en” meaning “in” or “into” and the word “cage” which is derived from the Latin “cavea” meaning “a cage for animals”. It is most often used in everyday French to describe the act of putting someone or something in a cage or imprisonment.
In the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) tense, encager is conjugated with the auxiliary verb “avoir” (to have) and the past participle “cagé”, so the construction is “avoir cagé”. For example:
- J’ai cagé le serpent dans une cage. (I caged the snake in a cage.)
- Il a été cagé pendant plusieurs années. (He was imprisoned for several years.)
- Nous avons cagé les oiseaux pour les transporter. (We caged the birds to transport them.)
In these examples, encager is used to describe an action that occurred in the past, with a specific time frame or duration. It can also be used to describe a current state, such as in “les prisonniers sont encagés” (the prisoners are caged).
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of encager
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai encagé | J’ai encagé l’oiseau. | I caged the bird. |
tu | as encagé | Tu as encagé le chien. | You caged the dog. |
il | a encagé | Il a encagé le chat. | He caged the cat. |
elle | a encagé | Elle a encagé le lapin. | She caged the rabbit. |
on | a encagé | On a encagé le serpent. | We caged the snake. |
nous | avons encagé | Nous avons encagé les animaux. | We caged the animals. |
vous | avez encagé | Vous avez encagé le lion. | You caged the lion. |
ils | ont encagé | Ils ont encagé le tigre. | They caged the tiger. |
elles | ont encagé | Elles ont encagé l’éléphant. | They caged the elephant. |
Other Conjugations for Encager.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb encager
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 (this article)
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
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encager
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb encager
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Encager – About the French Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense
Formation of the Passé Composé
Set the auxiliary verb with either
Conjugate the auxiliary verb
Add the past participle
Common everyday usage patterns
Narrating Past Events
Sequential Actions
Describing Completed Actions
Interactions with other tenses
Imperfect Tense
Conditional and Future Tenses
Summary
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