enlever: Conjugation

The enlever conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb enlever according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of enlever, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of enlever at the end of this page.

PresentPerfect

j'enlève
tuenlèves
il/elleenlève
nousenlevons
vousenlevez
ils/ellesenlèvent
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j'ai enlevé
tuas enlevé
il/ellea enlevé
nousavons enlevé
vousavez enlevé
ils/ellesont enlevé
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ImperfectPluperfect

j'enlevais
tuenlevais
il/elleenlevait
nousenlevions
vousenleviez
ils/ellesenlevaient
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j'avais enlevé
tuavais enlevé
il/elleavait enlevé
nousavions enlevé
vousaviez enlevé
ils/ellesavaient enlevé
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FutureFuture-perfect

j'enlèverai
tuenlèveras
il/elleenlèvera
nousenlèverons
vousenlèverez
ils/ellesenlèveront
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j'aurai enlevé
tuauras enlevé
il/elleaura enlevé
nousaurons enlevé
vousaurez enlevé
ils/ellesauront enlevé
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ConditionalConditional perfect

j'enlèverais
tuenlèverais
il/elleenlèverait
nousenlèverions
vousenlèveriez
ils/ellesenlèveraient
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j'aurais enlevé
tuaurais enlevé
il/elleaurait enlevé
nousaurions enlevé
vousauriez enlevé
ils/ellesauraient enlevé
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Present subjunctivePerfect subjunctive

j'enlève
tuenlèves
il/elleenlève
nousenlevions
vousenleviez
ils/ellesenlèvent
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j'aie enlevé
tuaies enlevé
il/elleait enlevé
nousayons enlevé
vousayez enlevé
ils/ellesaient enlevé
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Past historicPast anterior

j'enlevai
tuenlevas
il/elleenleva
nousenlevâmes
vousenlevâtes
ils/ellesenlevèrent
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j'eus enlevé
tueus enlevé
il/elleeut enlevé
nouseûmes enlevé
vouseûtes enlevé
ils/elleseurent enlevé
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This verb is essentially a regular -er verb like arriver, donner etc, except that the vowel of the stem changes from a schwa (written e and often ellided) to è. The vowel changes occurs:

(This vowel change is probably driven by the fact that the schwa does not occur in closed syllables in French. Unfortunately syllabification does not fully explain the future and conditional forms since, e.g. a-che-trai and ach'-trai would in terms of syllabification be well-defined.)

For some verbs ending in -eter and -eler, it is not universally agreed whether to adopt the e grave spelling as given here, or to double the l or t. For a full discussion of this issue, see my discussion of the spelling of -eter and -eler verbs.