French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | encastre | encastrais | encastrerai | encastrerais | encastre | encastrasse | ||
| tu | encastres | encastrais | encastreras | encastrerais | encastres | encastrasses | ||
| il | encastre | encastrait | encastrera | encastrerait | encastre | encastrât | ||
| nous | encastrons | encastrions | encastrerons | encastrerions | encastrions | encastrassions | ||
| vous | encastrez | encastriez | encastrerez | encastreriez | encastriez | encastrassiez | ||
| ils | encastrent | encastraient | encastreront | encastreraient | encastrent | encastrassent | ||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai encastré | avais encastré | aurai encastré | aurais encastré | aie encastré | eusse encastré | ||
| tu | as encastré | avais encastré | auras encastré | aurais encastré | aies encastré | eusses encastré | ||
| il | a encastré | avait encastré | aura encastré | aurait encastré | ait encastré | eût encastré | ||
| nous | avons encastré | avions encastré | aurons encastré | aurions encastré | ayons encastré | eussions encastré | ||
| vous | avez encastré | aviez encastré | aurez encastré | auriez encastré | ayez encastré | eussiez encastré | ||
| ils | ont encastré | avaient encastré | auront encastré | auraient encastré | aient encastré | eussent encastré | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| j’ | encastrai | eus encastré | (tu) | encastre | Present | encastrant | ||
| tu | encastras | eus encastré | (nous) | encastrons | Past | encastré | ||
| il | encastra | eut encastré | (vous) | encastrez | Perfect | ayant encastré | ||
| nous | encastrâmes | eûmes encastré | Past imperative | |||||
| vous | encastrâtes | eûtes encastré | (tu) | aie encastré | Past infinitive | |||
| ils | encastrèrent | eurent encastré | (nous) | ayons encastré | avoir encastré | |||
| (vous) | ayez encastré | |||||||
Encastrer is a regular -er verb.



The Subjunctivisor is an interactive tool that will advise you on whether to use the subjunctive or indicative with more than 275 French verbs, expressions, and conjunctions.
Knowing whether to use the passé composé or imparfait is particularly difficult when translating certain verbs into French. Very broadly speaking, the imperfect is equivalent to was/were + ___ing, but some English verbs are not often used in this form. So when translating was, had, and liked into French, you have to think about the meaning in order to decide which tense to use.
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