engamer

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ɡa.me/

Verb

engamer

1. (of a fish) To swallow the hook along with the bait.

Conjugation

Conjugation of engamer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	engamer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	engamant /ɑ̃.ɡa.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		engamé /ɑ̃.ɡa.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	engame /ɑ̃.ɡam/	engames /ɑ̃.ɡam/	engame /ɑ̃.ɡam/	engamons /ɑ̃.ɡa.mɔ̃/	engamez /ɑ̃.ɡa.me/	engament /ɑ̃.ɡam/
	imperfect	engamais /ɑ̃.ɡa.mɛ/	engamais /ɑ̃.ɡa.mɛ/	engamait /ɑ̃.ɡa.mɛ/	engamions /ɑ̃.ɡa.mjɔ̃/	engamiez /ɑ̃.ɡa.mje/	engamaient /ɑ̃.ɡa.mɛ/
	past historic2	engamai /ɑ̃.ɡa.me/	engamas /ɑ̃.ɡa.ma/	engama /ɑ̃.ɡa.ma/	engamâmes /ɑ̃.ɡa.mam/	engamâtes /ɑ̃.ɡa.mat/	engamèrent /ɑ̃.ɡa.mɛʁ/
	future	engamerai /ɑ̃.ɡam.ʁe/	engameras /ɑ̃.ɡam.ʁa/	engamera /ɑ̃.ɡam.ʁa/	engamerons /ɑ̃.ɡam.ʁɔ̃/	engamerez /ɑ̃.ɡam.ʁe/	engameront /ɑ̃.ɡam.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	engamerais /ɑ̃.ɡam.ʁɛ/	engamerais /ɑ̃.ɡam.ʁɛ/	engamerait /ɑ̃.ɡam.ʁɛ/	engamerions /ɑ̃.ɡa.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	engameriez /ɑ̃.ɡa.mə.ʁje/	engameraient /ɑ̃.ɡam.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	engame /ɑ̃.ɡam/	engames /ɑ̃.ɡam/	engame /ɑ̃.ɡam/	engamions /ɑ̃.ɡa.mjɔ̃/	engamiez /ɑ̃.ɡa.mje/	engament /ɑ̃.ɡam/
	imperfect2	engamasse /ɑ̃.ɡa.mas/	engamasses /ɑ̃.ɡa.mas/	engamât /ɑ̃.ɡa.ma/	engamassions /ɑ̃.ɡa.ma.sjɔ̃/	engamassiez /ɑ̃.ɡa.ma.sje/	engamassent /ɑ̃.ɡa.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	engame /ɑ̃.ɡam/	—	engamons /ɑ̃.ɡa.mɔ̃/	engamez /ɑ̃.ɡa.me/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).