Daily Verb Lesson: French for put in gear is embrayer
The French for put in gear is the irregular ER verb embrayer.To remember this, imagine you watch 'IM BRAY as he puts the car in gear!
Embrayer can also mean: to engage (the gear); to let in the clutch.
Related words include:
- embrayer sur : to get started on, to switch (ie a subject).
- le embrayage (nm) : clutch; clutch pedal; letting the clutch out.
With some ER verbs ending in -ayer it is optional to replace the y with an i before a silent syllable. Examples of this family of verb conjugations: bégayer, embrayer, effrayer, embrayer, enrayer, payer, pagayer, balayer.
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Imagine you watch 'IM BRAY as he puts the car in gear!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent put in gear |
embraie embraye |
embraies embrayes |
embraie embraye |
embrayons | embrayez | embraient embrayent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait put in gear |
embrayais | embrayais | embrayait | embrayions | embrayiez | embrayaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple put in gear |
embrayai | embrayas | embraya | embrayâmes | embrayâtes | embrayèrent |
| Future Futur will put in gear |
embraierai embrayerai |
embraieras embrayeras |
embraiera embrayera |
embraierons embrayerons |
embraierez embrayerez |
embraieront embrayeront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would put in gear |
embraierais embrayerais |
embraierais embrayerais |
embraierait embrayerait |
embraierions embrayerions |
embraieriez embrayeriez |
embraieraient embrayeraient |
| Present Subjunctive Subjonctif may put in gear |
embraie embraye |
embraies embrayes |
embraie embraye |
embrayions | embrayiez | embraient embrayent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have put in gear |
ai embrayé | as embrayé | a embrayé | avons embrayé | avez embrayé | ont embrayé |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had put in gear |
avais embrayé | avais embrayé | avait embrayé | avions embrayé | aviez embrayé | avaient embrayé |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have put in gear |
aurai embrayé | auras embrayé | aura embrayé | aurons embrayé | aurez embrayé | auront embrayé |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would've put in gear |
aurais embrayé | aurais embrayé | aurait embrayé | aurions embrayé | auriez embrayé | auraient embrayé |
| Imperative Imperatif put in gear! |
embraie ! embraye ! |
embrayons ! | embrayez ! | |||
✔ embrayer is an irregular ER verb.
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