enrichir — French conjugation

to enrich

Frequency#1113Regular

Indicative

Present (Présent) Regular

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
jeenrichisI enrich
tuenrichisyou enrich
il/elleenrichithe/she/it enriches
nousenrichissonswe enrich
vousenrichissezyou (pl.) enrich
ils/ellesenrichissentthey enrich

Simple past (Passé simple) Regular

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.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeenrichisI enriched
tuenrichisyou enriched
il/elleenrichithe/she/it enriched
nousenrichîmeswe enriched
vousenrichîtesyou (pl.) enriched
ils/ellesenrichirentthey enriched

Imperfect (Imparfait) Regular

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
jeenrichissais
tuenrichissais
il/elleenrichissait
nousenrichissions
vousenrichissiez
ils/ellesenrichissaient

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
jeenrichiraisI would enrich
tuenrichiraisyou would enrich
il/elleenrichiraithe/she/it would enrich
nousenrichirionswe would enrich
vousenrichiriezyou (pl.) would enrich
ils/ellesenrichiraientthey would enrich

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
jeenrichiraiI will enrich
tuenrichirasyou will enrich
il/elleenrichirahe/she/it will enrich
nousenrichironswe will enrich
vousenrichirezyou (pl.) will enrich
ils/ellesenrichirontthey will enrich

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 enrichiI have enriched
tutu as enrichiyou have enriched
il/elleil/elle a enrichihe/she/it has enriched
nousnous avons enrichiwe have enriched
vousvous avez enrichiyou (pl.) have enriched
ils/ellesils/elles ont enrichithey have enriched

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 enrichiI had enriched
tutu avais enrichiyou had enriched
il/elleil/elle avait enrichihe/she/it had enriched
nousnous avions enrichiwe had enriched
vousvous aviez enrichiyou (pl.) had enriched
ils/ellesils/elles avaient enrichithey had enriched

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

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 enrichiI will have enriched
tutu auras enrichiyou will have enriched
il/elleil/elle aura enrichihe/she/it will have enriched
nousnous aurons enrichiwe will have enriched
vousvous aurez enrichiyou (pl.) will have enriched
ils/ellesils/elles auront enrichithey will have enriched

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
jeenrichisse
tuenrichisses
il/elleenrichisse
nousenrichissions
vousenrichissiez
ils/ellesenrichissent

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
jeenrichisse
tuenrichisses
il/elleenrichît
nousenrichissions
vousenrichissiez
ils/ellesenrichissent

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
tuenrichis
nousenrichissons
vousenrichissez