enrager — French conjugation

enrage

Frequency#581Irregular

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.

PronounFrench
jeenrage
tuenrages
il/elleenrage
nousenrageons
vousenragez
ils/ellesenragent

Simple past (Passé simple) Irregular

The passé simple narrates completed past events in a literary or very formal style. In everyday conversation people use the passé composé instead, so you mostly meet this form in books and journalism.

Ils virent le roi s'approcher.

PronounFrench
jeenrageai
tuenrageas
il/elleenragea
nousenrageâmes
vousenrageâtes
ils/ellesenragèrent

Imperfect (Imparfait) Irregular

The imparfait describes ongoing or repeated past actions and sets the background — how things were, what used to happen, weather, feelings. The passé composé, by contrast, marks single completed events.

Quand j'étais petit, j'allais souvent à la piscine.

PronounFrench
jeenrageais
tuenrageais
il/elleenrageait
nousenragions
vousenragiez
ils/ellesenrageaient

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 ?

PronounFrench
jeenragerais
tuenragerais
il/elleenragerait
nousenragerions
vousenrageriez
ils/ellesenrageraient

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.

PronounFrench
jeenragerai
tuenrageras
il/elleenragera
nousenragerons
vousenragerez
ils/ellesenrageront

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.

PronounFrench
jej'ai enragé
tutu as enragé
il/elleil/elle a enragé
nousnous avons enragé
vousvous avez enragé
ils/ellesils/elles ont enragé

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.

PronounFrench
jej'avais enragé
tutu avais enragé
il/elleil/elle avait enragé
nousnous avions enragé
vousvous aviez enragé
ils/ellesils/elles avaient enragé

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 enragé
tutu aurais enragé
il/elleil/elle aurait enragé
nousnous aurions enragé
vousvous auriez enragé
ils/ellesils/elles auraient enragé

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.

PronounFrench
jej'aurai enragé
tutu auras enragé
il/elleil/elle aura enragé
nousnous aurons enragé
vousvous aurez enragé
ils/ellesils/elles auront enragé

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Subjonctif présent) Regular

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
jeenrage
tuenrages
il/elleenrage
nousenragions
vousenragiez
ils/ellesenragent

Imperfect subjunctive (Subjonctif imparfait) Regular

The imparfait du subjonctif is a literary and formal past subjunctive. In modern speech, the present subjunctive usually replaces it for the same meaning.

Bien qu'il fût fatigué, il continua.

PronounFrench
jeenrageasse
tuenrageasses
il/elleenrageât
nousenrageassions
vousenrageassiez
ils/ellesenrageassent

Other forms

Imperative (Impératif) Regular

The imperative is for direct orders and advice to tu, nous, and vous. For many -er verbs, the tu form drops the final -s of the present (parle!); negatives use the subjunctive-like forms in practice.

Fermons la porte, s'il vous plaît !

PronounFrench
tuenrage
nousenrageons
vousenragez