enquérir
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French enquerre (with a conjugation change, as with quérir) < Latin inquīrere.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]enquérir
- (pronominal) to inquire (about = de)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of s'enquérir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | s'enquérir | |||||
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compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | s’enquérant /sɑ̃.ke.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | enquis /ɑ̃.ki/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | m’enquiers /mɑ̃.kjɛʁ/ |
t’enquiers /tɑ̃.kjɛʁ/ |
s’enquiert /sɑ̃.kjɛʁ/ |
nous enquérons /nu.z‿ɑ̃.ke.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous enquérez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.ke.ʁe/ |
s’enquièrent /sɑ̃.kjɛʁ/ |
imperfect | m’enquérais /mɑ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ |
t’enquérais /tɑ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ |
s’enquérait /sɑ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ |
nous enquérions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous enquériez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.ke.ʁje/ |
s’enquéraient /sɑ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | m’enquis /mɑ̃.ki/ |
t’enquis /tɑ̃.ki/ |
s’enquit /sɑ̃.ki/ |
nous enquîmes /nu.z‿ɑ̃.kim/ |
vous enquîtes /vu.z‿ɑ̃.kit/ |
s’enquirent /sɑ̃.kiʁ/ | |
future | m’enquerrai /mɑ̃.kɛ.ʁe/ or /mɑ̃.ke.ʁe/ |
t’enquerras /tɑ̃.kɛ.ʁa/ or /tɑ̃.ke.ʁa/ |
s’enquerra /sɑ̃.kɛ.ʁa/ or /sɑ̃.ke.ʁa/ |
nous enquerrons /nu.z‿ɑ̃.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿ɑ̃.ke.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous enquerrez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.kɛ.ʁe/ or /vu.z‿ɑ̃.ke.ʁe/ |
s’enquerront /sɑ̃.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /sɑ̃.ke.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | m’enquerrais /mɑ̃.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /mɑ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ |
t’enquerrais /tɑ̃.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /tɑ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ |
s’enquerrait /sɑ̃.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /sɑ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ |
nous enquerrions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.kɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿ɑ̃.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous enquerriez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.kɛ.ʁje/ or /vu.z‿ɑ̃.ke.ʁje/ |
s’enquerraient /sɑ̃.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /sɑ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | m’enquière /mɑ̃.kjɛʁ/ |
t’enquières /tɑ̃.kjɛʁ/ |
s’enquière /sɑ̃.kjɛʁ/ |
nous enquérions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous enquériez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.ke.ʁje/ |
s’enquièrent /sɑ̃.kjɛʁ/ |
imperfect2 | m’enquisse /mɑ̃.kis/ |
t’enquisses /tɑ̃.kis/ |
s’enquît /sɑ̃.ki/ |
nous enquissions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.ki.sjɔ̃/ |
vous enquissiez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.ki.sje/ |
s’enquissent /sɑ̃.kis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | enquiers-toi /ɑ̃.kjɛʁ.twa/ |
— | enquérons-nous /ɑ̃.ke.ʁɔ̃.nu/ |
enquérez-vous /ɑ̃.ke.ʁe.vu/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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
[edit]- enquête (n.): investigation, inquest
- enquêter (vi.): investigate
Further reading
[edit]- “enquérir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.