French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| je | engrène | engrenais | engrènerai | engrènerais | engrène | engrenasse | ||
| tu | engrènes | engrenais | engrèneras | engrènerais | engrènes | engrenasses | ||
| il | engrène | engrenait | engrènera | engrènerait | engrène | engrenât | ||
| nous | engrenons | engrenions | engrènerons | engrènerions | engrenions | engrenassions | ||
| vous | engrenez | engreniez | engrènerez | engrèneriez | engreniez | engrenassiez | ||
| ils | engrènent | engrenaient | engrèneront | engrèneraient | engrènent | engrenassent | ||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai engrené | avais engrené | aurai engrené | aurais engrené | aie engrené | eusse engrené | ||
| tu | as engrené | avais engrené | auras engrené | aurais engrené | aies engrené | eusses engrené | ||
| il | a engrené | avait engrené | aura engrené | aurait engrené | ait engrené | eût engrené | ||
| nous | avons engrené | avions engrené | aurons engrené | aurions engrené | ayons engrené | eussions engrené | ||
| vous | avez engrené | aviez engrené | aurez engrené | auriez engrené | ayez engrené | eussiez engrené | ||
| ils | ont engrené | avaient engrené | auront engrené | auraient engrené | aient engrené | eussent engrené | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| j’ | engrenai | eus engrené | (tu) | engrène | Present | engrenant | ||
| tu | engrenas | eus engrené | (nous) | engrenons | Past | engrené | ||
| il | engrena | eut engrené | (vous) | engrenez | Perfect | ayant engrené | ||
| nous | engrenâmes | eûmes engrené | Past imperative | |||||
| vous | engrenâtes | eûtes engrené | (tu) | aie engrené | Past infinitive | |||
| ils | engrenèrent | eurent engrené | (nous) | ayons engrené | avoir engrené | |||
| (vous) | ayez engrené | |||||||
Engrener is a stem-changing verb (e to è).
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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.
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