Conjugations
All six tenses and their examples are shown below. Use the links above to jump to a tense. English translations use the meaning “to enrich.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | enrichis | I enrich | |
| tu | enrichis | you enrich | |
| il / elle / on | enrichit | he / she / it enricheson: we enrich / one enriches | |
| nous | enrichissons | we enrich | |
| vous | enrichissez | you enrich | |
| ils / elles | enrichissent | they enrich |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Ce voyage enrichit les connaissances de Paul.
This trip enriches Paul's knowledge.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai enrichi | I enriched | |
| tu | as enrichi | you enriched | |
| il / elle / on | a enrichi | he / she / it enrichedon: we enriched / one enriched | |
| nous | avons enrichi | we enriched | |
| vous | avez enrichi | you enriched | |
| ils / elles | ont enrichi | they enriched |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, ce voyage a enrichi les connaissances de Paul.
Yesterday, this trip enriched Paul's knowledge.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
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Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | enrichissais | I used to enrich | |
| tu | enrichissais | you used to enrich | |
| il / elle / on | enrichissait | he / she / it used to enrichon: we used to enrich / one used to enrich | |
| nous | enrichissions | we used to enrich | |
| vous | enrichissiez | you used to enrich | |
| ils / elles | enrichissaient | they used to enrich |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, ce voyage enrichissait les connaissances de Paul.
Back then, this trip used to enrich Paul's knowledge.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | enrichirai | I will enrich | |
| tu | enrichiras | you will enrich | |
| il / elle / on | enrichira | he / she / it will enrichon: we will enrich / one will enrich | |
| nous | enrichirons | we will enrich | |
| vous | enrichirez | you will enrich | |
| ils / elles | enrichiront | they will enrich |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, ce voyage enrichira les connaissances de Paul.
Later, this trip will enrich Paul's knowledge.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | enrichirais | I would enrich | |
| tu | enrichirais | you would enrich | |
| il / elle / on | enrichirait | he / she / it would enrichon: we would enrich / one would enrich | |
| nous | enrichirions | we would enrich | |
| vous | enrichiriez | you would enrich | |
| ils / elles | enrichiraient | they would enrich |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Ce voyage enrichirait les connaissances de Paul.
This trip would enrich Paul's knowledge.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | enrichisse | (that) I enrich | |
| tu | enrichisses | (that) you enrich | |
| il / elle / on | enrichisse | (that) he / she / it enricheson: (that) we enrich / one enriches | |
| nous | enrichissions | (that) we enrich | |
| vous | enrichissiez | (that) you enrich | |
| ils / elles | enrichissent | (that) they enrich |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que ce voyage enrichisse les connaissances de Paul.
It is possible that this trip enriches Paul's knowledge.
French forms omit the subject. Use j’ before a vowel sound. Vous is polite singular or plural “you”; on often means “we,” or the general “one.” English wording depends on the context: passé composé can also use “have,” and the imperfect can describe an ongoing action. Subjunctive translations here follow “it is possible that.”
Meaning & usage
- to enrich
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and simple conjugation forms adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Passé composé forms combine the source auxiliary and past participle. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations