enjouer

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ jouer (“to play”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ʒwe/

Verb

enjouer

  1. to be playful
  2. to aim a rifle

Conjugation
Conjugation of enjouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple enjouer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple enjouant
/ɑ̃.ʒwɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle enjoué
/ɑ̃.ʒwe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present enjoue
/ɑ̃.ʒu/		 enjoues
/ɑ̃.ʒu/		 enjoue
/ɑ̃.ʒu/		 enjouons
/ɑ̃.ʒwɔ̃/		 enjouez
/ɑ̃.ʒwe/		 enjouent
/ɑ̃.ʒu/
imperfect enjouais
/ɑ̃.ʒwɛ/		 enjouais
/ɑ̃.ʒwɛ/		 enjouait
/ɑ̃.ʒwɛ/		 enjouions
/ɑ̃.ʒu.jɔ̃/		 enjouiez
/ɑ̃.ʒu.je/		 enjouaient
/ɑ̃.ʒwɛ/
past historic2 enjouai
/ɑ̃.ʒwe/		 enjouas
/ɑ̃.ʒwa/		 enjoua
/ɑ̃.ʒwa/		 enjouâmes
/ɑ̃.ʒwam/		 enjouâtes
/ɑ̃.ʒwat/		 enjouèrent
/ɑ̃.ʒwɛʁ/
future enjouerai
/ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁe/		 enjoueras
/ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁa/		 enjouera
/ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁa/		 enjouerons
/ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɔ̃/		 enjouerez
/ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁe/		 enjoueront
/ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɔ̃/
conditional enjouerais
/ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɛ/		 enjouerais
/ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɛ/		 enjouerait
/ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɛ/		 enjouerions
/ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁjɔ̃/		 enjoueriez
/ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁje/		 enjoueraient
/ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present enjoue
/ɑ̃.ʒu/		 enjoues
/ɑ̃.ʒu/		 enjoue
/ɑ̃.ʒu/		 enjouions
/ɑ̃.ʒu.jɔ̃/		 enjouiez
/ɑ̃.ʒu.je/		 enjouent
/ɑ̃.ʒu/
imperfect2 enjouasse
/ɑ̃.ʒwas/		 enjouasses
/ɑ̃.ʒwas/		 enjouât
/ɑ̃.ʒwa/		 enjouassions
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.sjɔ̃/		 enjouassiez
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.sje/		 enjouassent
/ɑ̃.ʒwas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — enjoue
/ɑ̃.ʒu/		 — enjouons
/ɑ̃.ʒwɔ̃/		 enjouez
/ɑ̃.ʒwe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + 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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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