The French for investigate is the verb enquêter

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

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb enquêter - French for investigate

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of enquêter, which is French for investigate.

• I investigate.
• you investigated.
• he will investigate.
• we would investigate.
• they may investigate.

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

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE enquêter
Simple Tenses enquêter
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent investigate	enquête	enquêtes	enquête	enquêtons	enquêtez	enquêtent
Past Imperfect Imparfait investigated	enquêtais	enquêtais	enquêtait	enquêtions	enquêtiez	enquêtaient
Simple Past Passé Simple investigated	enquêtai	enquêtas	enquêta	enquêtâmes	enquêtâtes	enquêtèrent
Future Futur will investigate	enquêterai	enquêteras	enquêtera	enquêterons	enquêterez	enquêteront
Conditional Conditionnel would investigate	enquêterais	enquêterais	enquêterait	enquêterions	enquêteriez	enquêteraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may investigate	enquête	enquêtes	enquête	enquêtions	enquêtiez	enquêtent
Compound Tenses enquêter
Present Perfect Passé Composé have investigated	ai enquêté	as enquêté	a enquêté	avons enquêté	avez enquêté	ont enquêté
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had investigated	avais enquêté	avais enquêté	avait enquêté	avions enquêté	aviez enquêté	avaient enquêté
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai enquêté	auras enquêté	aura enquêté	aurons enquêté	aurez enquêté	auront enquêté
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have investigated	aurais enquêté	aurais enquêté	aurait enquêté	aurions enquêté	auriez enquêté	auraient enquêté
Imperative Imperatif investigate!		enquête		enquêtons	enquêtez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of enquêter the French for investigate
présent de l’indicatif

j’enquête
- I investigate
tu enquêtes
- you investigate - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on enquête
- he, she, it, one investigates
nous enquêtons
- we investigate
vous enquêtez
- you investigate (formal or plural)
ils, elles enquêtent
- they investigate

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of enquêter, the French for investigate
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’enquêtais
- I investigated
- I was investigating
tu enquêtais
- you investigated- (familiar or informal)
- you were investigating
il, elle, on enquêtait
- he, she, it, one investigated
- he, she, it, one was investigating
nous enquêtions
- we investigated
- we were investigating
vous enquêtiez
- you investigated- (formal or plural)
- you were investigating
ils, elles enquêtaient
- they investigated
- they were investigating

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of enquêter, the French for investigate
passé simple

j’enquêtai
- I investigated
tu enquêtas
- you investigated- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on enquêta
- he, she, it, one investigated
nous enquêtâmes
- we investigated
vous enquêtâtes
- you investigated- (formal or plural)
ils, elles enquêtèrent
they investigated
(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 enquêter, the French for investigate
futur

j’enquêterai
- I will investigate
tu enquêteras
- you will investigate (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on enquêtera
- he, she, it, one will investigate
nous enquêterons
- we will investigate
vous enquêterez
- you will investigate (formal or plural)
ils, elles enquêteront
- they will investigate

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Conditional Tense conjugations of enquêter, the French for investigate
conditionnel

j’enquêterais
- I would investigate
tu enquêterais
- you would investigate (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on enquêterait
- he, she, it, one would investigate
nous enquêterions
- we would investigate
vous enquêteriez
- you would investigate (formal or plural)
ils, elles enquêteraient
- they would investigate

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of enquêter, the French for investigate
présent de subjonctif

que j’enquête
- that I may investigate
que tu enquêtes
- that you may investigate(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on enquête
- that he, she, it, one may investigate
que nous enquêtions
- that we may investigate
que vous enquêtiez
- that you may investigate(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles enquêtent
- that they may investigate

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb enquêter - the verb ‘to investigate’ in French

Past Participle of enquêter is:
enquêté -investigated.

Because the past participle is used with the various tenses of the verb - to have - avoir, to construct the four main compound tenses, its importance is highlighted. Once you have mastered avoir, you have mastered the key to constructing compound verbs in French.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of enquêter - French for investigate
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of enquêter, the French for investigate
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of enquêter, the French for investigate
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of enquêter, the French for investigate
impératif

enquête
- investigate!
enquêtons
- let’s investigate!
enquêtez
- investigate!

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Present Participle of enquêter

enquêtant - investigating

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