enrouler — French conjugation

to roll up

Frequency#404RegularReflexives'enrouler — to wrap oneself

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
jeenrouleI roll up
tuenroulesyou roll up
il/elleenroulehe/she/it rolls up
nousenroulonswe roll up
vousenroulezyou (pl.) roll up
ils/ellesenroulentthey roll up

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
jeenroulaiI rolled up
tuenroulasyou rolled up
il/elleenroulahe/she/it rolled up
nousenroulâmeswe rolled up
vousenroulâtesyou (pl.) rolled up
ils/ellesenroulèrentthey rolled up

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
jeenroulais
tuenroulais
il/elleenroulait
nousenroulions
vousenrouliez
ils/ellesenroulaient

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
jeenrouleraisI would roll up
tuenrouleraisyou would roll up
il/elleenrouleraithe/she/it would roll up
nousenroulerionswe would roll up
vousenrouleriezyou (pl.) would roll up
ils/ellesenrouleraientthey would roll up

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
jeenrouleraiI will roll up
tuenroulerasyou will roll up
il/elleenroulerahe/she/it will roll up
nousenrouleronswe will roll up
vousenroulerezyou (pl.) will roll up
ils/ellesenroulerontthey will roll up

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 enrouléI have rolled up
tutu as enrouléyou have rolled up
il/elleil/elle a enrouléhe/she/it has rolled up
nousnous avons enrouléwe have rolled up
vousvous avez enrouléyou (pl.) have rolled up
ils/ellesils/elles ont enrouléthey have rolled up

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 enrouléI had rolled up
tutu avais enrouléyou had rolled up
il/elleil/elle avait enrouléhe/she/it had rolled up
nousnous avions enrouléwe had rolled up
vousvous aviez enrouléyou (pl.) had rolled up
ils/ellesils/elles avaient enrouléthey had rolled up

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

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 enrouléI will have rolled up
tutu auras enrouléyou will have rolled up
il/elleil/elle aura enrouléhe/she/it will have rolled up
nousnous aurons enrouléwe will have rolled up
vousvous aurez enrouléyou (pl.) will have rolled up
ils/ellesils/elles auront enrouléthey will have rolled up

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
jeenroule
tuenroules
il/elleenroule
nousenroulions
vousenrouliez
ils/ellesenroulent

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
jeenroulasse
tuenroulasses
il/elleenroulât
nousenroulassions
vousenroulassiez
ils/ellesenroulassent

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
tuenroule
nousenroulons
vousenroulez