Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engrumeler
Introduction to the verb engrumeler
The English translation of the French verb engrumeler is “to get entangled” or “to become tangled up”. It is pronounced as “ahn-groo-muh-lay”.
Engrumeler comes from the combination of the prefix “en-” which means “in” or “into”, and the word “grumeleux” which means “lumpy” or “knotted”. It is most often used in everyday French in the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) tense, which is formed with the auxiliary verb “avoir” and the past participle “engrumelé”.
Examples of its usage in the Passé Composé tense are:
- Je me suis engrumelée dans les fils électriques. (I got entangled in the electrical wires.)
- Il s’est engrumelé dans sa couverture pendant la nuit. (He got tangled up in his blanket during the night.)
- Nous nous sommes engrumelés dans la brousse en essayant de trouver notre chemin. (We got tangled up in the bushes while trying to find our way.)
In all of these examples, the verb engrumeler is used in the Passé Composé tense to describe a past action of becoming tangled or entangled in something.
Table of the Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of engrumeler
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | ai engrumelé | J’ai engrumelé la pâte. | I made the dough lumpy. |
tu | as engrumelé | Tu as engrumelé le mélange. | You made the mixture lumpy. |
il | a engrumelé | Il a engrumelé le sol. | He made the ground uneven. |
elle | a engrumelé | Elle a engrumelé le gâteau. | She made the cake lumpy. |
on | a engrumelé | On a engrumelé la route. | We made the road bumpy. |
nous | avons engrumelé | Nous avons engrumelé la surface. | We made the surface uneven. |
vous | avez engrumelé | Vous avez engrumelé le terrain. | You made the field bumpy. |
ils | ont engrumelé | Ils ont engrumelé le chemin. | They made the path uneven. |
elles | ont engrumelé | Elles ont engrumelé la texture. | They made the texture lumpy. |
Other Conjugations for Engrumeler.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb engrumeler
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engrumeler
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engrumeler
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engrumeler (this article)
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engrumeler
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engrumeler
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engrumeler
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engrumeler
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engrumeler
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engrumeler
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engrumeler
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engrumeler
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engrumeler
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engrumeler
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engrumeler
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engrumeler
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb engrumeler
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Engrumeler – 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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