engouer
French
Verb
engouer
- (obsolete) to block the gullet when swallowing
- (reflexive, s'engouer, ~ de) to become passionate or infatuated (with)
Conjugation
Conjugation of engouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | engouer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | engouant /ɑ̃.ɡwɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | engoué /ɑ̃.ɡwe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | engoue /ɑ̃.ɡu/ |
engoues /ɑ̃.ɡu/ |
engoue /ɑ̃.ɡu/ |
engouons /ɑ̃.ɡwɔ̃/ |
engouez /ɑ̃.ɡwe/ |
engouent /ɑ̃.ɡu/ |
| imperfect | engouais /ɑ̃.ɡwɛ/ |
engouais /ɑ̃.ɡwɛ/ |
engouait /ɑ̃.ɡwɛ/ |
engouions /ɑ̃.ɡu.jɔ̃/ |
engouiez /ɑ̃.ɡu.je/ |
engouaient /ɑ̃.ɡwɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | engouai /ɑ̃.ɡwe/ |
engouas /ɑ̃.ɡwa/ |
engoua /ɑ̃.ɡwa/ |
engouâmes /ɑ̃.ɡwam/ |
engouâtes /ɑ̃.ɡwat/ |
engouèrent /ɑ̃.ɡwɛʁ/ | |
| future | engouerai /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁe/ |
engoueras /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁa/ |
engouera /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁa/ |
engouerons /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁɔ̃/ |
engouerez /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁe/ |
engoueront /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | engouerais /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁɛ/ |
engouerais /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁɛ/ |
engouerait /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁɛ/ |
engouerions /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁjɔ̃/ |
engoueriez /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁje/ |
engoueraient /ɑ̃.ɡu.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 | engoue /ɑ̃.ɡu/ |
engoues /ɑ̃.ɡu/ |
engoue /ɑ̃.ɡu/ |
engouions /ɑ̃.ɡu.jɔ̃/ |
engouiez /ɑ̃.ɡu.je/ |
engouent /ɑ̃.ɡu/ |
| imperfect2 | engouasse /ɑ̃.ɡwas/ |
engouasses /ɑ̃.ɡwas/ |
engouât /ɑ̃.ɡwa/ |
engouassions /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sjɔ̃/ |
engouassiez /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sje/ |
engouassent /ɑ̃.ɡwas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | engoue /ɑ̃.ɡu/ |
— | engouons /ɑ̃.ɡwɔ̃/ |
engouez /ɑ̃.ɡwe/ |
— | |
| 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
- “engouer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.