To enter in French 🇫🇷

Opposites

Entrer (to enter) – Sortir (to go out)

7 months ago

Entrer

This also has the meaning of to go in

Notice again how the building the preposition into the verb changes its meaning and the verb itself

To go = aller
To go in = entrer
To go up = monter
To go down = descendre

9 months ago

Attention

This is another verb of motion

9 months ago

Cognate

Looks like English enter and that’s what it means

9 months ago

entrer info.

Tips to remember the French word “entrer”:
– Associate “entrer” with entering a door: envision the word “entrance,” which closely resembles “entrer.”
– Link it to the English word “entry,” which also signifies the act of entering.
– Remember that “entrer” starts with “en-” just like “enter,” and they sound quite similar.

Explanations:
– “Entrer” is a French verb that means “to enter” or “to go in.”
– It is an intransitive verb, which means it typically does not require a direct object.
– “Entrer” is part of the 1st group of French verbs, with an infinitive ending in -er.
– Being also a verb of movement, “entrer” often uses the auxiliary verb “être” in compound tenses.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– “Pénétrer” can also mean to enter, often implying penetration into something.
– “Rentrer” means to return or go back inside.
– “Accéder” can mean to enter in the sense of gaining access to something.

Conjugations of “entrer”:

Present:
– j’entre (I enter)
– tu entres (you enter, singular informal)
– il/elle/on entre (he/she/one enters)
– nous entrons (we enter)
– vous entrez (you enter, singular formal or plural)
– ils/elles entrent (they enter)

Past (Passé Composé using auxiliary être):
– je suis entré(e) (I entered; add “e” for feminine)
– tu es entré(e) (you entered, singular informal)
– il est entré / elle est entrée (he/she entered)
– nous sommes entré(e)s (we entered; add “es” for all-female group)
– vous êtes entré(e)(s) (you entered, singular formal or plural; add “e” for feminine, “s” for plural, “es” for feminine plural)
– ils sont entrés / elles sont entrées (they entered; use “entrées” for an all-female group)

Imperfect:
– j’entrais (I was entering)
– tu entrais (you were entering, singular informal)
– il/elle/on entrait (he/she/one was entering)
– nous entrions (we were entering)
– vous entriez (you were entering, singular formal or plural)
– ils/elles entraient (they were entering)

Future:
– j’entrerai (I will enter)
– tu entreras (you will enter, singular informal)
– il/elle/on entrera (he/she/one will enter)
– nous entrerons (we will enter)
– vous entrerez (you will enter, singular formal or plural)
– ils/elles entreront (they will enter)

Examples of sentences that use “entrer”:
– “Tu peux entrer ?” (Can you enter?)
– “Elle est entrée sans frapper.” (She entered without knocking.)
– “Nous entrerons en scène à huit heures.” (We will go on stage at eight o’clock.)
– “Ils étaient entrés par la porte arrière.” (They had entered through the back door.)

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