enquêter
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.kɛ.te/ ~ /ɑ̃.ke.te/
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Verb
enquêter
- to investigate
- to survey
Conjugation
Conjugation of enquêter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | enquêter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | enquêtant /ɑ̃.kɛ.tɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | enquêté /ɑ̃.kɛ.te/ or /ɑ̃.ke.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | enquête /ɑ̃.kɛt/ |
enquêtes /ɑ̃.kɛt/ |
enquête /ɑ̃.kɛt/ |
enquêtons /ɑ̃.kɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tɔ̃/ |
enquêtez /ɑ̃.kɛ.te/ or /ɑ̃.ke.te/ |
enquêtent /ɑ̃.kɛt/ |
| imperfect | enquêtais /ɑ̃.kɛ.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tɛ/ |
enquêtais /ɑ̃.kɛ.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tɛ/ |
enquêtait /ɑ̃.kɛ.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tɛ/ |
enquêtions /ɑ̃.kɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tjɔ̃/ |
enquêtiez /ɑ̃.kɛ.tje/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tje/ |
enquêtaient /ɑ̃.kɛ.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | enquêtai /ɑ̃.kɛ.te/ or /ɑ̃.ke.te/ |
enquêtas /ɑ̃.kɛ.ta/ or /ɑ̃.ke.ta/ |
enquêta /ɑ̃.kɛ.ta/ or /ɑ̃.ke.ta/ |
enquêtâmes /ɑ̃.kɛ.tam/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tam/ |
enquêtâtes /ɑ̃.kɛ.tat/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tat/ |
enquêtèrent /ɑ̃.kɛ.tɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | enquêterai /ɑ̃.kɛ.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tʁe/ |
enquêteras /ɑ̃.kɛ.tʁa/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tʁa/ |
enquêtera /ɑ̃.kɛ.tʁa/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tʁa/ |
enquêterons /ɑ̃.kɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tʁɔ̃/ |
enquêterez /ɑ̃.kɛ.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tʁe/ |
enquêteront /ɑ̃.kɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | enquêterais /ɑ̃.kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tʁɛ/ |
enquêterais /ɑ̃.kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tʁɛ/ |
enquêterait /ɑ̃.kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tʁɛ/ |
enquêterions /ɑ̃.kɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enquêteriez /ɑ̃.kɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tə.ʁje/ |
enquêteraient /ɑ̃.kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | enquête /ɑ̃.kɛt/ |
enquêtes /ɑ̃.kɛt/ |
enquête /ɑ̃.kɛt/ |
enquêtions /ɑ̃.kɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tjɔ̃/ |
enquêtiez /ɑ̃.kɛ.tje/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tje/ |
enquêtent /ɑ̃.kɛt/ |
| imperfect2 | enquêtasse /ɑ̃.kɛ.tas/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tas/ |
enquêtasses /ɑ̃.kɛ.tas/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tas/ |
enquêtât /ɑ̃.kɛ.ta/ or /ɑ̃.ke.ta/ |
enquêtassions /ɑ̃.kɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
enquêtassiez /ɑ̃.kɛ.ta.sje/ or /ɑ̃.ke.ta.sje/ |
enquêtassent /ɑ̃.kɛ.tas/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | enquête /ɑ̃.kɛt/ |
— | enquêtons /ɑ̃.kɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.tɔ̃/ |
enquêtez /ɑ̃.kɛ.te/ or /ɑ̃.ke.te/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “enquêter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.