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Conjugation of the French verb enfermer

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb enfermer, along with their English translations.

enfermer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
enfermer	to lock up

Present		Scored
j'enferme	I lock up
tu enfermes	you lock up
il enferme	he locks up
elle enferme	she locks up
nous enfermons	we lock up
vous enfermez	you lock up
ils enferment	they lock up
elles enferment	they lock up

Imperfect		Scored
j'enfermais	I was locking up
tu enfermais	you were locking up
il enfermait	he was locking up
elle enfermait	she was locking up
nous enfermions	we were locking up
vous enfermiez	you were locking up
ils enfermaient	they were locking up
elles enfermaient	they were locking up

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
j'enfermai	I locked up
tu enfermas	you locked up
il enferma	he locked up
elle enferma	she locked up
nous enfermâmes	we locked up
vous enfermâtes	you locked up
ils enfermèrent	they locked up
elles enfermèrent	they locked up

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai enfermé	I have locked up
tu as enfermé	you have locked up
il a enfermé	he has locked up
elle a enfermé	she has locked up
nous avons enfermé	we have locked up
vous avez enfermé	you have locked up
ils ont enfermé	they have locked up
elles ont enfermé	they have locked up

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais enfermé	I had locked up
tu avais enfermé	you had locked up
il avait enfermé	he had locked up
elle avait enfermé	she had locked up
nous avions enfermé	we had locked up
vous aviez enfermé	you had locked up
ils avaient enfermé	they had locked up
elles avaient enfermé	they had locked up

Future		Scored
j'enfermerai	I will lock up
tu enfermeras	you will lock up
il enfermera	he will lock up
elle enfermera	she will lock up
nous enfermerons	we will lock up
vous enfermerez	you will lock up
ils enfermeront	they will lock up
elles enfermeront	they will lock up

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai enfermé	I will have locked up
tu auras enfermé	you will have locked up
il aura enfermé	he will have locked up
elle aura enfermé	she will have locked up
nous aurons enfermé	we will have locked up
vous aurez enfermé	you will have locked up
ils auront enfermé	they will have locked up
elles auront enfermé	they will have locked up

Conditional		Scored
j'enfermerais	I would lock up
tu enfermerais	you would lock up
il enfermerait	he would lock up
elle enfermerait	she would lock up
nous enfermerions	we would lock up
vous enfermeriez	you would lock up
ils enfermeraient	they would lock up
elles enfermeraient	they would lock up

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais enfermé	I would have locked up
tu aurais enfermé	you would have locked up
il aurait enfermé	he would have locked up
elle aurait enfermé	she would have locked up
nous aurions enfermé	we would have locked up
vous auriez enfermé	you would have locked up
ils auraient enfermé	they would have locked up
elles auraient enfermé	they would have locked up

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'enferme	(... that) I lock up
(... que) tu enfermes	(... that) you lock up
(... que) il enferme	(... that) he locks up
(... que) elle enferme	(... that) she locks up
(... que) nous enfermions	(... that) we lock up
(... que) vous enfermiez	(... that) you lock up
(... que) ils enferment	(... that) they lock up
(... que) elles enferment	(... that) they lock up

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'enfermasse	(... that) I was locking up
(... que) tu enfermasses	(... that) you were locking up
(... que) il enfermât	(... that) he was locking up
(... que) elle enfermât	(... that) she was locking up
(... que) nous enfermassions	(... that) we were locking up
(... que) vous enfermassiez	(... that) you were locking up
(... que) ils enfermassent	(... that) they were locking up
(... que) elles enfermassent	(... that) they were locking up

Imperative		Scored
enferme	Lock up
XX	up
XX	up
enfermons	Let's lock up
enfermez	Lock up
XX	up
XX	up

Present Participle		Scored
enfermant	locking up

Past Participle		Scored
enfermé	locked up

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