The French for imprison is the verb emprisonner

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French for imprison is the regular ER verb emprisonner, covered here in all the tenses used in modern French.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb emprisonner - French for imprison

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of emprisonner, which is French for imprison.

• I imprison.
• you imprisoned.
• he will imprison.
• we would imprison.
• they may imprison.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for emprisonner, let you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do these two sequences lots of times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE emprisonner
Simple Tenses emprisonner
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent imprison	emprisonne	emprisonnes	emprisonne	emprisonnons	emprisonnez	emprisonnent
Past Imperfect Imparfait imprisoned	emprisonnais	emprisonnais	emprisonnait	emprisonnions	emprisonniez	emprisonnaient
Simple Past Passé Simple imprisoned	emprisonnai	emprisonnas	emprisonna	emprisonnâmes	emprisonnâtes	emprisonnèrent
Future Futur will imprison	emprisonnerai	emprisonneras	emprisonnera	emprisonnerons	emprisonnerez	emprisonneront
Conditional Conditionnel would imprison	emprisonnerais	emprisonnerais	emprisonnerait	emprisonnerions	emprisonneriez	emprisonneraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may imprison	emprisonne	emprisonnes	emprisonne	emprisonnions	emprisonniez	emprisonnent
Compound Tenses emprisonner
Present Perfect Passé Composé have imprisoned	ai emprisonné	as emprisonné	a emprisonné	avons emprisonné	avez emprisonné	ont emprisonné
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had imprisoned	avais emprisonné	avais emprisonné	avait emprisonné	avions emprisonné	aviez emprisonné	avaient emprisonné
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai emprisonné	auras emprisonné	aura emprisonné	aurons emprisonné	aurez emprisonné	auront emprisonné
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have imprisoned	aurais emprisonné	aurais emprisonné	aurait emprisonné	aurions emprisonné	auriez emprisonné	auraient emprisonné
Imperative Imperatif imprison!		emprisonne		emprisonnons	emprisonnez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of emprisonner the French for imprison
présent de l’indicatif

j’emprisonne
- I imprison
tu emprisonnes
- you imprison - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on emprisonne
- he, she, it, one imprisons
nous emprisonnons
- we imprison
vous emprisonnez
- you imprison (formal or plural)
ils, elles emprisonnent
- they imprison

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of emprisonner, the French for imprison
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’emprisonnais
- I imprisoned
- I was imprisoning
tu emprisonnais
- you imprisoned- (familiar or informal)
- you were imprisoning
il, elle, on emprisonnait
- he, she, it, one imprisoned
- he, she, it, one was imprisoning
nous emprisonnions
- we imprisoned
- we were imprisoning
vous emprisonniez
- you imprisoned- (formal or plural)
- you were imprisoning
ils, elles emprisonnaient
- they imprisoned
- they were imprisoning

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of emprisonner, the French for imprison
passé simple

j’emprisonnai
- I imprisoned
tu emprisonnas
- you imprisoned- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on emprisonna
- he, she, it, one imprisoned
nous emprisonnâmes
- we imprisoned
vous emprisonnâtes
- you imprisoned- (formal or plural)
ils, elles emprisonnèrent
they imprisoned
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of emprisonner, the French for imprison
futur

j’emprisonnerai
- I will imprison
tu emprisonneras
- you will imprison (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on emprisonnera
- he, she, it, one will imprison
nous emprisonnerons
- we will imprison
vous emprisonnerez
- you will imprison (formal or plural)
ils, elles emprisonneront
- they will imprison

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Conditional Tense conjugations of emprisonner, the French for imprison
conditionnel

j’emprisonnerais
- I would imprison
tu emprisonnerais
- you would imprison (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on emprisonnerait
- he, she, it, one would imprison
nous emprisonnerions
- we would imprison
vous emprisonneriez
- you would imprison (formal or plural)
ils, elles emprisonneraient
- they would imprison

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of emprisonner, the French for imprison
présent de subjonctif

que j’emprisonne
- that I may imprison
que tu emprisonnes
- that you may imprison(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on emprisonne
- that he, she, it, one may imprison
que nous emprisonnions
- that we may imprison
que vous emprisonniez
- that you may imprison(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles emprisonnent
- that they may imprison

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb emprisonner - the verb ‘to imprison’ in French

Past Participle of emprisonner is:
emprisonné -imprisoned.

The past participle is combined with the tenses of avoir, to make the compounds. Four are in common use.

• I have imprisoned
• you had imprisoned
• he will have imprisoned
• we would have imprisoned

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of emprisonner - French for imprison
passé composé

Here’s the French for imprison conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai emprisonné
- I have imprisoned or I did imprison or
- I imprisoned
tu as emprisonné
- you have imprisoned or you did imprison - (familiar or informal) or
- you imprisoned
il, elle, on a emprisonné
- he, she, it, one has imprison or did imprison
- he, she, it imprisoned
nous avons emprisonné
- we have imprisoned or we did imprison
- we imprisoned
vous avez emprisonné
- you have imprisoned or you did imprison (formal or plural) or
- or we imprisoned
ils, elles ont emprisonné
- they have imprisoned or they did imprison
- they imprisoned

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of emprisonner - imprison in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -imprison conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais emprisonné
- I had imprisoned
tu avais emprisonné
- you had imprisoned- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait emprisonné
- he, she, it, one had imprisoned
nous avions emprisonné
- we had imprisoned
vous aviez emprisonné
- you had imprisoned (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient emprisonné
- they had imprisoned

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of emprisonner, the French for imprison
futur antérieur

j’aurai emprisonné
- I will have
tu auras emprisonné
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura emprisonné
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons emprisonné
- we will have
vous aurez emprisonné
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront emprisonné
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of emprisonner, the French for imprison
conditionnel passé

j’aurais emprisonné
- I would have imprisoned
tu aurais emprisonné
- you would have imprisoned- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait emprisonné
- he, she, it, one would have imprisoned
nous aurions emprisonné
- we would have imprisoned
vous auriez emprisonné
- you would have imprisoned- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient emprisonné
- they would have imprisoned

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Imperative Tense conjugations of emprisonner, the French for imprison
impératif

emprisonne
- imprison!
emprisonnons
- let’s imprison!
emprisonnez
- imprison!

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Present Participle of emprisonner

emprisonnant - imprisoning

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