The French for grasp is the verb empoigner

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French for grasp is the regular ER verb empoigner, outlined here in detail in the tenses employed in today's French language.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb empoigner - French for grasp

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of empoigner, which is French for grasp.

• I grasp.
• you grasped.
• he will grasp.
• we would grasp.
• they may grasp.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for empoigner, give you the tools to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do both many times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE empoigner
Simple Tenses empoigner
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent grasp	empoigne	empoignes	empoigne	empoignons	empoignez	empoignent
Past Imperfect Imparfait grasped	empoignais	empoignais	empoignait	empoignions	empoigniez	empoignaient
Simple Past Passé Simple grasped	empoignai	empoignas	empoigna	empoignâmes	empoignâtes	empoignèrent
Future Futur will grasp	empoignerai	empoigneras	empoignera	empoignerons	empoignerez	empoigneront
Conditional Conditionnel would grasp	empoignerais	empoignerais	empoignerait	empoignerions	empoigneriez	empoigneraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may grasp	empoigne	empoignes	empoigne	empoignions	empoigniez	empoignent
Compound Tenses empoigner
Present Perfect Passé Composé have grasped	ai empoigné	as empoigné	a empoigné	avons empoigné	avez empoigné	ont empoigné
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had grasped	avais empoigné	avais empoigné	avait empoigné	avions empoigné	aviez empoigné	avaient empoigné
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai empoigné	auras empoigné	aura empoigné	aurons empoigné	aurez empoigné	auront empoigné
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have grasped	aurais empoigné	aurais empoigné	aurait empoigné	aurions empoigné	auriez empoigné	auraient empoigné
Imperative Imperatif grasp!		empoigne		empoignons	empoignez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of empoigner the French for grasp
présent de l’indicatif

j’empoigne
- I grasp
tu empoignes
- you grasp - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on empoigne
- he, she, it, one grasps
nous empoignons
- we grasp
vous empoignez
- you grasp (formal or plural)
ils, elles empoignent
- they grasp

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of empoigner, the French for grasp
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’empoignais
- I grasped
- I was grasping
tu empoignais
- you grasped- (familiar or informal)
- you were grasping
il, elle, on empoignait
- he, she, it, one grasped
- he, she, it, one was grasping
nous empoignions
- we grasped
- we were grasping
vous empoigniez
- you grasped- (formal or plural)
- you were grasping
ils, elles empoignaient
- they grasped
- they were grasping

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of empoigner, the French for grasp
passé simple

j’empoignai
- I grasped
tu empoignas
- you grasped- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on empoigna
- he, she, it, one grasped
nous empoignâmes
- we grasped
vous empoignâtes
- you grasped- (formal or plural)
ils, elles empoignèrent
they grasped
(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 empoigner, the French for grasp
futur

j’empoignerai
- I will grasp
tu empoigneras
- you will grasp (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on empoignera
- he, she, it, one will grasp
nous empoignerons
- we will grasp
vous empoignerez
- you will grasp (formal or plural)
ils, elles empoigneront
- they will grasp

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Conditional Tense conjugations of empoigner, the French for grasp
conditionnel

j’empoignerais
- I would grasp
tu empoignerais
- you would grasp (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on empoignerait
- he, she, it, one would grasp
nous empoignerions
- we would grasp
vous empoigneriez
- you would grasp (formal or plural)
ils, elles empoigneraient
- they would grasp

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of empoigner, the French for grasp
présent de subjonctif

que j’empoigne
- that I may grasp
que tu empoignes
- that you may grasp(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on empoigne
- that he, she, it, one may grasp
que nous empoignions
- that we may grasp
que vous empoigniez
- that you may grasp(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles empoignent
- that they may grasp

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb empoigner - the verb ‘to grasp’ in French

Past Participle of empoigner is:
empoigné -grasped.

Given that the past participle is put with several of the tenses of the verb - to have - avoir, to create the four 'often-used' compound tenses, its significance is strongly underlined. Once you have thoroughly committed these avoir tenses to memory, you have unlocked the first major key to to construction of compound verbs in French.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of empoigner - French for grasp
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of empoigner, the French for grasp
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of empoigner, the French for grasp
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of empoigner, the French for grasp
impératif

empoigne
- grasp!
empoignons
- let’s grasp!
empoignez
- grasp!

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Present Participle of empoigner

empoignant - grasping

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