embouer
French
Etymology
en- + boue (“mud; dirt”) + -er
Pronunciation
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Verb
embouer
- to mud (make muddy)
Conjugation
Conjugation of embouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | embouer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | embouant /ɑ̃.bwɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | emboué /ɑ̃.bwe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | emboue /ɑ̃.bu/ |
emboues /ɑ̃.bu/ |
emboue /ɑ̃.bu/ |
embouons /ɑ̃.bwɔ̃/ |
embouez /ɑ̃.bwe/ |
embouent /ɑ̃.bu/ |
| imperfect | embouais /ɑ̃.bwɛ/ |
embouais /ɑ̃.bwɛ/ |
embouait /ɑ̃.bwɛ/ |
embouions /ɑ̃.bu.jɔ̃/ |
embouiez /ɑ̃.bu.je/ |
embouaient /ɑ̃.bwɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | embouai /ɑ̃.bwe/ |
embouas /ɑ̃.bwa/ |
emboua /ɑ̃.bwa/ |
embouâmes /ɑ̃.bwam/ |
embouâtes /ɑ̃.bwat/ |
embouèrent /ɑ̃.bwɛʁ/ | |
| future | embouerai /ɑ̃.bu.ʁe/ |
emboueras /ɑ̃.bu.ʁa/ |
embouera /ɑ̃.bu.ʁa/ |
embouerons /ɑ̃.bu.ʁɔ̃/ |
embouerez /ɑ̃.bu.ʁe/ |
emboueront /ɑ̃.bu.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | embouerais /ɑ̃.bu.ʁɛ/ |
embouerais /ɑ̃.bu.ʁɛ/ |
embouerait /ɑ̃.bu.ʁɛ/ |
embouerions /ɑ̃.bu.ʁjɔ̃/ |
emboueriez /ɑ̃.bu.ʁje/ |
emboueraient /ɑ̃.bu.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | emboue /ɑ̃.bu/ |
emboues /ɑ̃.bu/ |
emboue /ɑ̃.bu/ |
embouions /ɑ̃.bu.jɔ̃/ |
embouiez /ɑ̃.bu.je/ |
embouent /ɑ̃.bu/ |
| imperfect2 | embouasse /ɑ̃.bwas/ |
embouasses /ɑ̃.bwas/ |
embouât /ɑ̃.bwa/ |
embouassions /ɑ̃.bwa.sjɔ̃/ |
embouassiez /ɑ̃.bwa.sje/ |
embouassent /ɑ̃.bwas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | emboue /ɑ̃.bu/ |
— | embouons /ɑ̃.bwɔ̃/ |
embouez /ɑ̃.bwe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “embouer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.