enclore — French conjugation

to enclose

Frequency#2117Irregular

Indicative

Present (Présent) Irregular

Use the présent for habits, what is true now, and what is about to happen soon. A single set of endings covers what English often splits into “I speak” and “I am speaking”.

Elle parle arabe et français.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeenclosI enclose
tuenclosyou enclose
il/elleenclôthe/she/it encloses
ils/ellesenclosentthey enclose

Conditional (Conditionnel) Regular

The conditionnel is for polite questions and requests, “would”-type hypotheticals, and what someone said would happen. It is also the usual consequent clause in si + imparfait → conditionnel patterns.

Pourriez-vous répéter, s'il vous plaît ?

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeencloraisI would enclose
tuencloraisyou would enclose
il/elleencloraithe/she/it would enclose
nousenclorionswe would enclose
vousencloriezyou (pl.) would enclose
ils/ellesencloraientthey would enclose

Future (Futur) Regular

The futur is for future plans and objective predictions. In speech, aller + infinitive is often clearer for the immediate future, while the simple future is common for facts further ahead or in writing.

Demain, nous dînerons chez eux.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeencloraiI will enclose
tuenclorasyou will enclose
il/elleenclorahe/she/it will enclose
nousencloronswe will enclose
vousenclorezyou (pl.) will enclose
ils/ellesenclorontthey will enclose

Present perfect (Passé composé) Regular

The passé composé is the main spoken past for completed, bounded actions (often with a time adverb). Use avoir with most verbs; être is required for a fixed group of motion/inchange and all pronominal verbs, with participle agreement when necessary.

Elle est venue tôt, puis elle a téléphoné.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'ai enclosI have enclosed
tutu as enclosyou have enclosed
il/elleil/elle a encloshe/she/it has enclosed
nousnous avons encloswe have enclosed
vousvous avez enclosyou (pl.) have enclosed
ils/ellesils/elles ont enclosthey have enclosed

Pluperfect (Plus-que-parfait) Regular

The plus-que-parfait is the “earlier past”: one action was already over before another past moment. It answers “had already” when a story is anchored in a past time.

Déjà, il avait fini quand je suis arrivé.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'avais enclosI had enclosed
tutu avais enclosyou had enclosed
il/elleil/elle avait encloshe/she/it had enclosed
nousnous avions encloswe had enclosed
vousvous aviez enclosyou (pl.) had enclosed
ils/ellesils/elles avaient enclosthey had enclosed

Conditional perfect (Conditionnel passé) Regular

The conditionnel passé states what would have been true, plans that failed, and unreal past if-clauses (often with si + plus-que-parfait in the apodose).

J'aurais dit oui, mais c'était impossible.

PronounFrench
jej'aurais enclos
tutu aurais enclos
il/elleil/elle aurait enclos
nousnous aurions enclos
vousvous auriez enclos
ils/ellesils/elles auraient enclos

Future perfect (Futur antérieur) Regular

The futur antérieur marks an action that will be finished before a later future moment (by then I will have…). It can also suggest a conjecture about a recent past fact in formal or literary use.

D'ici samedi, j'aurai lu le rapport.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'aurai enclosI will have enclosed
tutu auras enclosyou will have enclosed
il/elleil/elle aura encloshe/she/it will have enclosed
nousnous aurons encloswe will have enclosed
vousvous aurez enclosyou (pl.) will have enclosed
ils/ellesils/elles auront enclosthey will have enclosed

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Subjonctif présent) Irregular

The present subjunctive appears in subordinate clauses after desire, doubt, fear, need, and many impersonals, usually when the subject of the subordinate is different. Learn common triggers: il faut que, je veux que, je doute que…

Il faut qu'il parte avant midi.

PronounFrench
jeenclose
tuencloses
il/elleenclose
nousenclosions
vousenclosiez
ils/ellesenclosent