enquérir

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French enquerre (with a conjugation change, as with quérir) < Latin inquīrere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ke.ʁiʁ/
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Verb

enquérir

  1. (pronominal) to inquire (about = de)
    Synonyms: se renseigner sur, s’informer de, enquêter sur

Conjugation

Conjugation of s'enquérir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple s'enquérir
compound s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple s’enquérant
/sɑ̃.ke.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant or étant + past participle
past participle enquis
/ɑ̃.ki/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present m’enquiers
/mɑ̃.kjɛʁ/ 		t’enquiers
/tɑ̃.kjɛʁ/ 		s’enquiert
/sɑ̃.kjɛʁ/ 		nous enquérons
/nu.z‿ɑ̃.ke.ʁɔ̃/ 		vous enquérez
/vu.z‿ɑ̃.ke.ʁe/ 		s’enquièrent
/sɑ̃.kjɛʁ/
imperfect m’enquérais
/mɑ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ 		t’enquérais
/tɑ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ 		s’enquérait
/sɑ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ 		nous enquérions
/nu.z‿ɑ̃.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ 		vous enquériez
/vu.z‿ɑ̃.ke.ʁje/ 		s’enquéraient
/sɑ̃.ke.ʁɛ/
past historic2 m’enquis
/mɑ̃.ki/ 		t’enquis
/tɑ̃.ki/ 		s’enquit
/sɑ̃.ki/ 		nous enquîmes
/nu.z‿ɑ̃.kim/ 		vous enquîtes
/vu.z‿ɑ̃.kit/ 		s’enquirent
/sɑ̃.kiʁ/
future m’enquerrai
/mɑ̃.kɛ.ʁe/ or /mɑ̃.ke.ʁe/ 		t’enquerras
/tɑ̃.kɛ.ʁa/ or /tɑ̃.ke.ʁa/ 		s’enquerra
/sɑ̃.kɛ.ʁa/ or /sɑ̃.ke.ʁa/ 		nous enquerrons
/nu.z‿ɑ̃.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿ɑ̃.ke.ʁɔ̃/ 		vous enquerrez
/vu.z‿ɑ̃.kɛ.ʁe/ or /vu.z‿ɑ̃.ke.ʁe/ 		s’enquerront
/sɑ̃.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /sɑ̃.ke.ʁɔ̃/
conditional m’enquerrais
/mɑ̃.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /mɑ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ 		t’enquerrais
/tɑ̃.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /tɑ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ 		s’enquerrait
/sɑ̃.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /sɑ̃.ke.ʁɛ/ 		nous enquerrions
/nu.z‿ɑ̃.kɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿ɑ̃.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ 		vous enquerriez
/vu.z‿ɑ̃.kɛ.ʁje/ or /vu.z‿ɑ̃.ke.ʁje/ 		s’enquerraient
/sɑ̃.kɛ.ʁɛ/ or /sɑ̃.ke.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of s'être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of s'être + past participle
future perfect future of s'être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present m’enquière
/mɑ̃.kjɛʁ/ 		t’enquières
/tɑ̃.kjɛʁ/ 		s’enquière
/sɑ̃.kjɛʁ/ 		nous enquérions
/nu.z‿ɑ̃.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ 		vous enquériez
/vu.z‿ɑ̃.ke.ʁje/ 		s’enquièrent
/sɑ̃.kjɛʁ/
imperfect2 m’enquisse
/mɑ̃.kis/ 		t’enquisses
/tɑ̃.kis/ 		s’enquît
/sɑ̃.ki/ 		nous enquissions
/nu.z‿ɑ̃.ki.sjɔ̃/ 		vous enquissiez
/vu.z‿ɑ̃.ki.sje/ 		s’enquissent
/sɑ̃.kis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — enquiers-toi
/ɑ̃.kjɛʁ.twa/ 		— enquérons-nous
/ɑ̃.ke.ʁɔ̃.nu/ 		enquérez-vous
/ɑ̃.ke.ʁe.vu/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of s'être + past participle — simple imperative of s'être + past participle simple imperative of s'être + 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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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