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essaier
essaier
Old French
Verb
essaier
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of essaier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | essaier | avoir essaié | |||||
| gerund | en essaiant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | essaiant | ||||||
| past participle | essaié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | essai | essaies | essaie | essaions | essaiez | essaient |
| imperfect | essaioie, essaieie, essaioe, essaieve | essaioies, essaieies, essaioes, essaieves | essaioit, essaieit, essaiot, essaieve | essaiiiens, essaiiens | essaiiiez, essaiiez | essaioient, essaieient, essaioent, essaievent | |
| preterite | essaiai | essaias | essaia | essaiames | essaiastes | essaierent | |
| future | essaierai | essaieras | essaiera | essaierons | essaieroiz, essaiereiz, essaierez | essaieront | |
| conditional | essaieroie, essaiereie | essaieroies, essaiereies | essaieroit, essaiereit | essaieriiens, essaieriens | essaieriiez, essaieriez | essaieroient, essaiereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | essai | essais | essait | essaions | essaiez | essaient |
| imperfect | essaiasse | essaiasses | essaiast | essaiissons, essaiissiens | essaiissoiz, essaiissez, essaiissiez | essaiassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | essaie | — | essaions | essaiez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: essayer