French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | enchéris | enchérissais | enchérirai | enchérirais | enchérisse | enchérisse | ||
| tu | enchéris | enchérissais | enchériras | enchérirais | enchérisses | enchérisses | ||
| il | enchérit | enchérissait | enchérira | enchérirait | enchérisse | enchérît | ||
| nous | enchérissons | enchérissions | enchérirons | enchéririons | enchérissions | enchérissions | ||
| vous | enchérissez | enchérissiez | enchérirez | enchéririez | enchérissiez | enchérissiez | ||
| ils | enchérissent | enchérissaient | enchériront | enchériraient | enchérissent | enchérissent | ||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai enchéri | avais enchéri | aurai enchéri | aurais enchéri | aie enchéri | eusse enchéri | ||
| tu | as enchéri | avais enchéri | auras enchéri | aurais enchéri | aies enchéri | eusses enchéri | ||
| il | a enchéri | avait enchéri | aura enchéri | aurait enchéri | ait enchéri | eût enchéri | ||
| nous | avons enchéri | avions enchéri | aurons enchéri | aurions enchéri | ayons enchéri | eussions enchéri | ||
| vous | avez enchéri | aviez enchéri | aurez enchéri | auriez enchéri | ayez enchéri | eussiez enchéri | ||
| ils | ont enchéri | avaient enchéri | auront enchéri | auraient enchéri | aient enchéri | eussent enchéri | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| j’ | enchéris | eus enchéri | (tu) | enchéris | Present | enchérissant | ||
| tu | enchéris | eus enchéri | (nous) | enchérissons | Past | enchéri | ||
| il | enchérit | eut enchéri | (vous) | enchérissez | Perfect | ayant enchéri | ||
| nous | enchérîmes | eûmes enchéri | Past imperative | |||||
| vous | enchérîtes | eûtes enchéri | (tu) | aie enchéri | Past infinitive | |||
| ils | enchérirent | eurent enchéri | (nous) | ayons enchéri | avoir enchéri | |||
| (vous) | ayez enchéri | |||||||
Enchérir is a regular -ir verb.

The passé composé is the most important French past tense, and just to make things interesting, it has three possible English equivalents.


The mountain of French verb conjugations you have to learn can be overwhelming – even just in the classroom where you have plenty of time to think about the correct response. Once you start talking to people in the real world, trying to figure out the appropriate verb conjugation can leave you speechless – literally. So what’s the solution? Learn, then practice, practice, practice!
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