Daily Verb Lesson: French get tangled is s'emmêler
The French for get tangled up is the regular ER reflexive verb s'emmêlerTo remember this, imagine SO, EMILY is has got herself tangled up and is confused how to unravel it!
s'emmêler can also mean; to mat.
Related words include:
- emmêler (v) : to tangle, to confuse, to snarl, to mix up.
- s'emmêler les pieds dans : to get one's feet caught in.
The meaning of verbs can change when in the Reflexive. They often show action done to oneself or between each other, and use the Reflexive Pronoun (me, te, se, nous, vous, se). Reflexive verbs also take être in the compound tenses and the Past Participle agrees in number and gender with the subject.
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Imagine ... SO, EMILY has got herself tangled up
and is confused how to unravel it!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent get tangled |
emmêle | emmêles | emmêle | emmêlons | emmêlez | emmêlent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait got tangled |
emmêlais | emmêlais | emmêlait | emmêlions | emmêliez | emmêlaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple got tangled |
emmêlai | emmêlas | emmêla | emmêlâmes | emmêlâtes | emmêlèrent |
| Future Futur will get tangled |
emmêlerai | emmêleras | emmêlera | emmêlerons | emmêlerez | emmêleront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would get tangled |
emmêlerais | emmêlerais | emmêlerait | emmêlerions | emmêleriez | emmêleraient |
| Subjunctive Subjonctif may get tangled |
emmêle | emmêles | emmêle | emmêlions | emmêliez | emmêlent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have gotten tangled |
me suis emmêlé(e) |
t'es emmêlé(e) |
s'est emmêlé(e) |
nous sommes emmêlé(e)s |
vous êtes emmêlé(e)s |
se sont emmêlé(e)s |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had gotten tangled |
m'étais emmêlé(e) |
t'étais emmêlé(e) |
s'était emmêlé(e) |
nous étions emmêlé(e)s |
vour étiez emmêlé(e)s |
s'étaient emmêlé(e)s |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have gotten |
me serai emmêlé(e) |
te seras emmêlé(e) |
se sera emmêlé(e) |
nous serons emmêlé(e)s |
vous serez emmêlé(e)s |
se seront emmêlé(e)s |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have gotten |
me serais emmêlé(e) |
te serais emmêlé(e) |
se serait emmêlé(e) |
nous serions emmêlé(e)s |
vous seriez emmêlé(e)s | se seraient emmêlé(e)s |
| Imperative Imperatif get tangled! |
emmêle-toi ! | emmêlons-nous ! | emmêlez-vous ! | |||
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