essayer conjugations

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Essayer conjugation in all forms, essayer conjugation in all tenses.

Essayer : verbs with similar conjugation
Essayer conjugation in indicative
Essayer conjugation in present indicative
Essayer conjugation in present perfect indicative
Essayer conjugation in imperfect indicative
Essayer conjugation in pluperfect indicative
Essayer conjugation in simple past indicative
Essayer conjugation in past perfect indicative
Essayer conjugation in simple future indicative
Essayer conjugation in future perfect indicative
Essayer conjugation in subjunctive
Essayer conjugation in present subjunctive
Essayer conjugation in past subjunctive
Essayer conjugation in imperfect subjunctive
Essayer conjugation in pluperfect subjunctive
Essayer conjugation in conditional
Essayer conjugation in present conditional
Essayer conjugation in past conditional
Essayer conjugation in imperative
Essayer conjugation in present imperative
Essayer conjugation in past imperative
Infinitive of french verb Essayer
Present infinitive of french verb Essayer
Past infinitive of french verb Essayer
Participle of french verb essayer
Present participle of french verb essayer
Past participle of french verb essayer
Gerundive of french verb essayer
Present gerundive of french verb essayer
Past gerundive of french verb essayer

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Essayer conjugation

Conjugation of french verb essayer

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French Verb Conjugation Using "Essayer" (to Try)

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The French verb essayer means "to try." It's a simple word that can easily be confused with essuyer (to wipe) , so be sure to look and listen for that 'A' in essayer .

In order to place essayer into the past, present, or future tense, the verb needs to be conjugated . Just follow along in this lesson and you'll be saying "tried" and "trying" in French before you know it.

Conjugating the French Verb Essayer

Essayer is an optional stem-changing verb . Typically with verbs that end in - yer , the 'Y' has to change to an 'I' in certain forms. The rules are a little more casual with essayer as you'll see in the table. When there are two forms of the conjugation, you can use either.

The stem of essayer is essay -. To this, a variety of infinitive endings is added that conform with the subject pronoun as well as the tense of the sentence. For instance, "I try" is " j'essaie " or " j'essaye ." Similarly, there are two options for "we will try": " nous essaierons " or " nous essayerons ."

All this leaves you with many words to memorize. The good news is that there are many opportunities to practice it and use essayer as you "try" things throughout your day.

The Present Participle of Essayer

The present participle of essayer is essayant . This is as simple as adding - ant to the verb stem. Not only does it work as a verb, but it can also become an adjective, gerund, or noun when needed.

The Past Participle and Passé Composé

The past participle essayé is used to form the passé composé , a common past tense form of "tried" in French. To use this, you'll also need to conjugate the auxiliary verb avoir . For example, "I tried" is " j'ai essayé " and "we tried" is " nous avons essayé ."

More Simple Essayer Conjugations to Know

When the action of trying is in some way questionable, you can turn to the subjunctive verb mood . Similarly, if it's dependent on something, the conditional verb mood is used.

With less frequency, you will come across the passé simple or the imperfect subjunctive . These are mostly found in formal writing and will help considerably with reading comprehension.

To use essayer in commands or direct requests, turn to the imperative verb form . When using this, the subject pronoun is not required: use " essaie " instead of " tu essaie ."