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FRENCH VERB

en avoir marre

to be fed up

  • Irregular -ir verb
  • Past participle: eu marre
  • Present participle: ayant marre

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

  1. je I am fed up
  2. tu you are fed up
  3. il, elle, on he/she is fed up
  4. nous we are fed up
  5. vous you are fed up
  6. ils, elles they are fed up

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

  1. je I was fed up
  2. tu you were fed up
  3. il, elle, on he/she was fed up
  4. nous we were fed up
  5. vous you were fed up
  6. ils, elles they were fed up

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. je I used to be fed up
  2. tu you used to be fed up
  3. il, elle, on he/she used to be fed up
  4. nous we used to be fed up
  5. vous you used to be fed up
  6. ils, elles they used to be fed up

Future

Futur simple · plans; in speech, “je vais parler” is just as common

  1. je I will be fed up
  2. tu you will be fed up
  3. il, elle, on he/she will be fed up
  4. nous we will be fed up
  5. vous you will be fed up
  6. ils, elles they will be fed up

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

  1. je I would be fed up
  2. tu you would be fed up
  3. il, elle, on he/she would be fed up
  4. nous we would be fed up
  5. vous you would be fed up
  6. ils, elles they would be fed up

Present subjunctive

Subjonctif présent · wishes, doubts, “il faut que …”

  1. je (that) I be fed up
  2. tu (that) you be fed up
  3. il, elle, on (that) he/she be fed up
  4. nous (that) we be fed up
  5. vous (that) you be fed up
  6. ils, elles (that) they be fed up

How to use en avoir marre

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    J'en ai marre de la pluie, vivement l'été.

    I'm fed up with the rain, roll on summer.

  2. Past

    Au bout d'une heure de queue, on en a eu marre.

    After an hour of queuing, we'd had enough.

  3. Imperfect

    Il en avait marre de son travail depuis longtemps.

    He had been fed up with his job for a long time.

  4. Future

    Tu en auras marre de Paris dans dix ans.

    You'll be fed up with Paris in ten years.

  5. Conditional

    Moi aussi, j'en aurais marre à ta place.

    I'd be fed up too in your place.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Je comprends que tu en aies marre des réunions.

    I understand you're fed up with meetings.

Good to know

  • J'en ai marre is I'm fed up; en avoir marre de quelque chose or de quelqu'un.
  • J'en ai assez says the same thing more politely, j'en ai ras le bol more strongly.

Where you hear en avoir marre

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

French · Intermediate Level 1

  • J'en ai marre de la pluie ! I'm fed up with the rain!
  • Hier soir, j'en avais marre de tout. Last night, I was fed up with everything.
  • Avec ce travail, tu vas en avoir marre ! With this work, you're going to be fed up!

French · Fluency Level 1

  • J'en ai marre de la pluie ! I'm fed up with the rain!
  • Hier soir, j'en avais marre de tout. Last night, I was fed up with everything.
  • Avec ce travail, tu vas en avoir marre ! With this work, you're going to be fed up!
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Talk About a Date

Intermediate Level 1 · J'en ai marre des applis.

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Ines Teaches Emma

Fluency Level 1 · Il en a marre. Ça le fatigue. Genre, les devoirs, ça me saoule. · Il en a marre.

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