Conjugation verb essayer in French

Model : marcher / balayer

Auxiliary : avoir

Other forms: s'essayer / ne pas essayer / ne pas s'essayer

The regular verbs of the 1st group follow this conjugation model (verbs ending in -er). Verbs ending in -ayer follow at the same time this model (il balaye) and the model of balayer (il balaie)

The verb has several variants of conjugation, which may correspond to different meanings. Please use the menu to select one or all variants.

  • il/elle essaye
  • nous essayons
  • vous essayez
  • ils/elles essayent
  • il/elle essaie
  • ils/elles essaient
  • j' essayais
  • tu essayais
  • il/elle essayait
  • nous essayions
  • vous essayiez
  • ils/elles essayaient
  • j' essayerai
  • tu essayeras
  • il/elle essayera
  • nous essayerons
  • vous essayerez
  • ils/elles essayeront
  • j' essaierai
  • tu essaieras
  • il/elle essaiera
  • nous essaierons
  • vous essaierez
  • ils/elles essaieront

Passé simple

  • il/elle essaya
  • nous essayâmes
  • vous essayâtes
  • ils/elles essayèrent

Passé composé

  • j' ai essayé
  • tu as essayé
  • il/elle a essayé
  • nous avons essayé
  • vous avez essayé
  • ils/elles ont essayé

Plus-que-parfait

  • j' avais essayé
  • tu avais essayé
  • il/elle avait essayé
  • nous avions essayé
  • vous aviez essayé
  • ils/elles avaient essayé

Passé antérieur

  • j' eus essayé
  • tu eus essayé
  • il/elle eut essayé
  • nous eûmes essayé
  • vous eûtes essayé
  • ils/elles eurent essayé

Futur antérieur

  • j' aurai essayé
  • tu auras essayé
  • il/elle aura essayé
  • nous aurons essayé
  • vous aurez essayé
  • ils/elles auront essayé
  • que j' essaye
  • que tu essayes
  • qu' il/elle essaye
  • que nous essayions
  • que vous essayiez
  • qu' ils/elles essayent
  • que j' essaie
  • que tu essaies
  • qu' il/elle essaie
  • qu' ils/elles essaient
  • que j' essayasse
  • que tu essayasses
  • qu' il/elle essayât
  • que nous essayassions
  • que vous essayassiez
  • qu' ils/elles essayassent
  • que j' eusse essayé
  • que tu eusses essayé
  • qu' il/elle eût essayé
  • que nous eussions essayé
  • que vous eussiez essayé
  • qu' ils/elles eussent essayé
  • que j' aie essayé
  • que tu aies essayé
  • qu' il/elle ait essayé
  • que nous ayons essayé
  • que vous ayez essayé
  • qu' ils/elles aient essayé

Conditionnel

  • j' essayerais
  • tu essayerais
  • il/elle essayerait
  • nous essayerions
  • vous essayeriez
  • ils/elles essayeraient
  • j' essaierais
  • tu essaierais
  • il/elle essaierait
  • nous essaierions
  • vous essaieriez
  • ils/elles essaieraient

Passé première forme

  • j' aurais essayé
  • tu aurais essayé
  • il/elle aurait essayé
  • nous aurions essayé
  • vous auriez essayé
  • ils/elles auraient essayé

Passé deuxième forme

  • j' eusse essayé
  • tu eusses essayé
  • il/elle eût essayé
  • nous eussions essayé
  • vous eussiez essayé
  • ils/elles eussent essayé
  • ayant essayé
  • masc.sg.: essayé
  • masc.pl.: essayés
  • fém.sg.: essayée
  • fém.pl.: essayées
  • ayons essayé
  • ayez essayé
  • avoir essayé

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Essayer to try, to attempt

Essayer - indicative, essayer - perfect, essayer - subjunctive, essayer - conditional, essayer - imperative (commands).

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Essayer Meaning & Translation – To try in French

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Posted on Published: January 7, 2024  - Last updated: January 22, 2024

Essayer Meaning & Translation – To try in French

In today’s lesson we’ll have a look at the verb essayer , which means “to try”. For example, j’essaie d’apprendre le français (I try to learn French). Let’s jump right into the lesson!

Essayer - to try in French

Essayer Meaning & Translation

Word origin.

According to Wiktionary.org , the French verb essayer is related to the noun essai (try, attempt), which comes from the Latin verb exigere (to judge, examine, weigh) and noun exagium (weight, balance).

Present tense conjugation

Essayer is a regular ER verb. This means that its endings are the same as all other French regular ER verbs when conjugated in the present tense. Essayer has two accepted spelling patterns in the present tense. The pronunciations are the exact same.

J’essaie I try Tu essaies You try (singular, informal) Il, elle essaie He, she tries Nous essayons We try Vous essayez You try (plural, formal) Ils, elles essaient They try

J’essaye I try Tu essayes You try (singular, informal) Il, elle essaye He, she tries Nous essayons We try Vous essayez You try (plural, formal) Ils, elles essayent They try

Example sentences

In our first example sentence, essayer is simply “to try”. This example uses the word jamais (never), which we cover in our French negations lesson .

Si tu n’essaies pas, tu ne réussiras jamais.

If you don’ try, you’ll never succeed.

Essayer de + infinitive

In these two example sentnces, essayer de + infinitive means “to try to do something”.

J’essaie de chanter la chanson mais c’est très difficile.

I try to sing the song but it’s very difficult.

Je vais essayer de terminer mon projet avant demain.

I’ll try to finish my project before tomorrow

Essayer + noun

In the next two examples, essayer is followed by a noun, meaning “to try something”. Essayer can also translate to “to test”. Hence, “I test the skis” could also work as a translation for this next sentence.

The les in this example sentence is a direct object pronoun, meaning “them”. This post on our site covers object pronouns in depth.

J’essaie les nouveaux skis avant de les acheter.

I try the new skies before buying them.

Nous allons essayer le nouveau restaurant ce soir.

We are going to try the new restaurant tonight.

In French, the noun essai transaltes to “try” or “attempt” and is the origin of the English word “essay”.

Il a réussi son examen au troisième essai.

He passed the exam after the third try.

Et voilà ! You now know how to use essayer in French! Now check out our other lessons covering the verbs quitter (to leave) , bosser (to work hard) and ranger (to tidy, put away) .

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French Grammar: Conjugated Verbs + [DE] + Infinitive Verb

Posted by Barbara Kruger on Monday, February 22, 2016 · Leave a Comment  

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French Grammar: Conjugated Verbs + [DE] + Infinitive Verb la grammaire française: les verbes conjugués + [DE] + un verbe à l’infinitif

  • The infinitive  form of a verb conveys the basic meaning of that verb.
  • Many conjugated French verbs require [DE]  before an infinitive  verb.

The infinitive form of a French verb is the form that ends with [-ER], [-IR], or [-RE]. Each of these infinitive endings is the equivalent of  “ to …”  (i..e. to speak, to read, to take, etc.) in English. Often, an infinitive verb is conjugated when used in a sentence. But French  infinitives are used in a variety of other ways, too.

Certain conjugated verbs must be followed directly by the preposition [DE] before an infinitive verb. There is no formula for why these verbs behave like this; they must simply be memorized. Here are some of those verbs:

accepter de : to accept (doing something)

arrêter de : to stop (doing something)

avoir envie de : to feel like (doing something)

avoir l’intention de : to intend to (do something)

avoir peur de : to be afraid to (do something)

avoir raison de : to be right to ( do something) / to start to ( do something)

avoir tort de : to be wrong to (do something)

choisir de : to choose to (do something)

décider de : to decide to (do something)

essayer de : to try to (do something)

éviter de : to avoid (doing something)

finir de : to finish (doing something)

manquer de : to nearly (do something) / to almost (do something)

oublier de : to forget to ( do something)

refuser de : to refuse to (do something)

regretter de : to regret (doing something)

risquer de : to risk (doing something)

L’enfant refuse de dormir sans son nounours. The child refuses to sleep without his teddy bear.

Oh là! J’ai oublié de fermer la porte! Uh-oh! I forgot to close the door!

Tu as envie de sortir ce soir? Do you (informal) feel like going out tonight?

Oui, mais d’abord je finis de faire la vaisselle. Yes, but first I’ll finish doing the dishes.

Ils ont eu tort de désobéir à l’officier de police. They (masculine) were wrong to disobey the police officer.

Si nous n’étudions pas, nous risquons de rater le cours. If we don’t study, we risk failing the course.

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FR: essayer de + infinitif - préposition

  • Thread starter MimbulusMimbletonia
  • Start date Sep 9, 2007

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  • Sep 9, 2007

Hi, I've got myself into a bit of a muddle.. I have a sentence with a conjugated verb and two infinitives and i have to decide whether to use à, de or nothing between the verbs. Does the de/à correspond with the verb directly preceeding it or the conjugated verb? Example Je vais essayer de gagner or Je vais essayer gagner Thanks aplenty Emma Moderator note: multiple threads merged to create this one.  

calembourde

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It always corresponds with the verb directly preceding it, which is essayer in this case, so your first answer is correct. I don't think there are any rules about which verbs take which conjunctions, you just have to learn them.  

  • Jun 29, 2009

In our French class, the class was asked to guess the profession that was mimed. The instructions in French said: "La classe essaie de deviner." I am somewhat confused by the use of DE in this construction. Shouldn't it be without DE? "La classe essaie deviner" ?? Thank you in advance for any assistance.  

janpol

non, c'est "essayer de"  

Angelik0

Usually we are trying to/not to do something, and it's the same in french " on essaye de/ de ne pas faire quelque chose" Do you see what I mean ?  

I think I understand. So it does not always follow that DE means "OF" or "SOME?" Sometimes it's just used as a connector?  

jann

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mylasalle said: So it does not always follow that DE means "OF" or "SOME?" Sometimes it's just used as a connector? Click to expand...
  • Sep 24, 2009

Is there a general rule for knowing which verbs have to be follwed by 'de' when there is an infinitive after the 'de' e.g. j'essaie de finir but je désire finir? Or do they just have to be learnt verb by verb?  

Arrius

You have to learn what preposition (or none) to use with each individual verb. Reading and listening a lot will help.  

Duplicité Humaine

Duplicité Humaine

  • Oct 1, 2009

Il y a TOUJOURS des exceptions qu'il faut mémorizer; il y a cependant quelques quasi-règles. Tel est souvent, pas toujous, le cas avec les verbes pronominaux. S'efforcer de / Forcer à ll y a b/c d'exemples, recherchez-les que vous puissiez les commettre à mémoire; après du temps, les propositions vous arriveront naturellement.  

You have to learn what preposition (or none) to use with each individual verb. Reading and listening a lot will help. Click to expand...
  • Dec 18, 2014

I was wondering why you use "de" before apprendre in the sentence "j'essaye d'apprendre", but not in the sentence "je vais apprendre "?  

Le verbe "essayer" s'emploie avec la préposition "de" quand il est suivi d'un verbe : j'essaie de courir 20 km / de réparer cet ordi / de traverser mon jardin en marchant sur les mains / d'apprendre la liste des verbes qui exigent la préposition de... Par contre "aller" (auxiliaire du futur proche) se construit de façon directe : je vais partir / dormir / travailler / manger...  

Merci! So it's basically just a list of verbs using different prepositions I'll have to learn...  

Magshoe, " apprendre la liste des verbes qui exigent la préposition de..." était une boutade : même si le nombre de ces verbes est relativement réduit, je pense que personne n'apprend de telles listes. Les natifs apprennent à utiliser ces verbes en les rencontrant au cours de leurs lectures.  

  • Dec 19, 2014
janpol said: Les natifs apprennent à utiliser ces verbes en les rencontrant au cours de leurs lectures. Click to expand...

L’infinitif: the infinitive of the verb in French

When to use the infinitive in french, verbs of perception, other verbs, reflexive verbs, adjectives and past participles used as adjectives, noun phrases, prepositions, verbs that take a direct object, verbs that take an indirect object, impersonal sentences.

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What is l’infinitif in French?

L’infinitif (the infinitive) is the base form of the verb: it is a non-conjugated form that, like the participles , does not express a tense, person or number. The French infinitives can be grouped by their endings: -er (parler), -ir (finir), -re (prendre) or -oir (voir) . In French there are several phrases, words and structures that are followed by the infinitive.

Learn when to use the infinitive with Lingolia’s quick and easy examples, then put your knowledge to the test in the free exercises.

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  • J’ai l’intention d’ apprendre à jouer au tennis. Je suis venue pour m’acheter une bonne raquette de tennis.
  • Je suis ici pour vous aider . Je vous conseille d’ acheter une raquette pour débutant.
  • Mais j’espère bientôt jouer comme une joueuse professionnelle. J’ai vu hier des professionnels jouer , c’était impressionnant.
  • Vous devez tout d’abord apprendre à taper dans la balle. Jouer comme un pro est presque impossible. Pour devenir si bons, les professionnels se sont entraînés pendant des années.

L’infinitif is an impersonal verb form (like the gerund and the past participle ) that is used after certain words and phrases. In addition to following a verb , the infinitive often follows the prepositions à and de .

The infinitive can refer to the subject or the object of a sentence, or it can be part of an impersonal construction. The following lists include the most important words and phrases that are followed by an infinitive.

Verbs related to the senses and perception are followed by an infinitive:

apercevoir to perceive , contempler to contemplate , deviner to guess , discerner to discern , distinguer to distinguish , écouter to listen , éprouver to feel , entendre to understand , observer to observe , regarder to look/watch , ressentir to feel , sentir to feel , voir to see

Other common verbs that take the infinitive in French are:

affirmer to claim , apprendre à to learn to , croire to believe , décider de to decide to , devoir must/have to , espérer to hope , essayer de to try to , hésiter à to hesitate to , menacer de to threaten to , oser to dare , oublier de to forget to , pouvoir to be able to , préférer to prefer , projeter de to plan to , promettre de to promise to , proposer à qn de to suggest something to someone , savoir to know , tendre à to tend to , vouloir to want

In French, reflexive verbs are followed by an infinitive:

s’appliquer à to do your best , s’apprêter à to get ready for , s’attendre à to expect to , se déclarer prêt à to declare yourself ready for , se décider à to resolve to , s’efforcer de to make an effort to , se permettre de to allow yourself to , se préparer à to prepare yourself to , se souvenir de to remember , se réjouir de to be delighted about

Adjectives and past participles that act as adjectives are also followed by the infinitive in French.

appliqué à hard-working , content de happy , décidé à determined , deçu de disappointed , étonné de surprised , réjoui de delighted , soulagé de relieved , triste de sad

The following noun phrases are followed by the infinitive:

avoir l’espoir de to have a hope of , avoir l’intention de to have the intention of , avoir tendance à to have a tendency to , faire la promesse de to make a promise to , prendre la décision de to make the decision to , voir la nécessité de to see the need to

The following prepositions are followed by the infinitive:

afin de/pour in order to/in front of , au lieu de instead of , avant de before , sans without

Certain verbs that take a direct object are followed by the infinitive in French:

aider qn à to help someone , amener qn à to bring someone , convaincre qn de to convince someone , dissuader qn à to dissuade someone , encourager qn à to encourage someone , forcer qn à to force someone , inciter qn à to encourage/persuade someone , inviter qn à to invite someone , persuader qn de to persuade someone , prier qn de

Likewise, some verbs that take an indirect object are also followed by the infinitive:

apprendre à qn à to teach someone (a skill) , conseiller à qn de to advise someone , enseigner à qn à to teach (in a school) , interdire à qn de to forbid someone to do something , permettre à qn de to allow someone to do something , ordonner à qn de to order someone to do something , rappeller à qn de to remind someone of something , recommender à qn de to recommend something to someone

The following adjectives are generally used in impersonal sentences with ce, cela, and il + adjective + preposition + infinitive.

absurde de absurd , compilqué de/à complicated , courageux de brave , désagréable de unpleasant , difficile de/à difficult , égoïste de selfish , équitable de fair , facile de/à easy , impossible de/à impossible , intelligent de intelligent , malpoli de rude , triste de/à sad

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Imperfect of the French verb essayer

  • 1.1 Alternative forms
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  • 1.3.2 Related terms
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Old French [ edit ]

Alternative forms [ edit ].

  • assaier ( Anglo-Norman )

Etymology [ edit ]

From essai ( “ an attempt ” ) , from Latin exagium ( “ a weighing ” ) , from exigere ( “ test ” ) .

Verb [ edit ]

  • to try ; to make an effort

Conjugation [ edit ]

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.

Related terms [ edit ]

Descendants [ edit ].

  • English: assay , say
  • Scots: say , sey

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How to Conjugate "Espérer"

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When you want to say "to hope" in French, use the verb  espérer . In order to transform it to a specific tense, such as "hoped" or "hoping," you will need to conjugate it. This one is a bit of a challenge, but a quick lesson will run you through the simplest and most useful verb forms.

Conjugating the French Verb  Espérer

French verb conjugations are more complicated than they are in English. Where English uses just a few endings like -ing or -ed, French requires a new infinitive ending for every subject pronoun as well as every tense of the verb. This means that we have more words to commit to memory.

Espérer  is a  stem-changing verb  and it follows the rules of most verbs that end with - e_er . In general, you should look out for the forms in which the acute é changes to the grave è. At the same time, in the future tense, either accented 'E' can be used.

Other than that minor (but important) spelling change,  espérer  uses the same endings as regular -ER verbs . Simply match the subject pronoun with the appropriate tense in this table to study these forms. For instance, "I hope" is " j'espère " while "we will hope" can be either " nous espérerons " or " nous espèrerons ."

The Present Participle of  Espérer

To form the  present participle  of espérer,  add - ant  to the verb stem. This creates the word  espérant , which can be useful beyond a verb. In some circumstances, it becomes an adjective, gerund, or noun.

The Past Participle and Passé Composé

Besides the imperfect, you can also use the  passé composé  to express the past tense "hoped" in French. When doing so, conjugate the  auxiliary verb   avoir , then add the  past participle   espéré . As an example, "I hoped" is " j'ai espéré " while "we hoped" is " nous avons espéré ."

More Simple  Espérer  Conjugations

While those are the most important conjugations of espérer  to memorize, you may find a few more helpful as well. For instance, when the verb's action is questionable, either the subjunctive verb mood or the conditional form may be appropriate.

If you read a lot of French, it's likely that you will encounter either the passé simple or the imperfect subjunctive . These are common in literature and it's a good idea to be able to recognize them.

The imperative verb form is used to form quick and often assertive statements or exclamations. When using this one, skip the subject pronoun. Rather than saying " tu espère ," use " espère " alone.

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Conjugation of french verb essayer in interrogative form in female form

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  1. Conjugation verb essayer in French

    Conjugate the French verb essayer in all tenses: future, participle, present, indicative, subjunctive. Irregular verbs, auxiliary verbs, conjugation rules and conjugation models in French verb conjugation. Translate essayer in context, with examples of use and definition.

  2. Essayer : Conjugation of french verb essayer

    Essayer french verb. Essayer belong to the 1 st group. Essayer is a very common french verb. Essayer is conjugated the same way that verbs that end in : -ayer. Essayer is conjugated with auxiliary avoir. Essayer verb is direct transitive. French verb essayer can be conjugated in the reflexive form: S'essayer.

  3. ESSAYER conjugation table

    'essayer' conjugation table in French Go to the definition page of essayer. Indicative Subjunctive Imperative. Infinitive essayer. Past Participle

  4. Essayer

    Past infinitive: ils: essayèrent: eurent essayé (nous) ayons essayé : avoir essayé (vous) ayez essayé Essayer is a stem-changing verb (y to i). Stay up to date with Lawless French. Questions about French? Visit the Progress with Lawless French Q+A forum to get help from native French speakers and fellow learners.

  5. Simple "Essayer" (to Try) French Verb Conjugations

    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 -.

  6. Essayer Conjugations In All French Verb Forms

    Présent. (tu) essaye. (tu) essaie. (nous) essayons. (vous) essayez. Quiz. French verb ESSAYER conjugated in all forms, with full audio, irregular highlighting, negative forms, and the English translation for all forms.

  7. Essayer Meaning & Translation

    Essayer Meaning & Translation Word origin. According to Wiktionary.org, the French verb essayer is related to the noun essai (try, attempt), which comes from the Latin verb exigere (to judge, examine, weigh) and noun exagium (weight, balance).. Present tense conjugation. Essayer is a regular ER verb.This means that its endings are the same as all other French regular ER verbs when conjugated ...

  8. essayer

    infinitive simple: essayer compound avoir + past participle present participle or gerund 1 simple: essayant /e.sɛ.jɑ̃/ or /e.se.jɑ̃/ compound ayant + past participle past participle: essayé /e.sɛ.je/ or /e.se.je/ singular plural first second third first second third indicative je (j') tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles (simple tenses ...

  9. essayer

    Conjugation of "essayer". Conjugate over 12,000 French verbs and get useful information (translations, example sentences, etc.) ...

  10. Conjugation of the French verb essayer

    essayer. A list of the common conjugations for the French verb essayer, along with their English translations. This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions. The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past ...

  11. What is the correct conjugation (present, indicative) of "essayer"

    I've looked up conjugation of "essayer" and two different sources have given me two different suggestions: According to this source, one would pronounce "j'essaye" as "ʒ‿esɛj". According to the other source, one would pronounce it as "ʒ‿ese". I would like to ask which pronunciation is the correct one.

  12. French Grammar: Conjugated Verbs + [DE] + Infinitive Verb

    The infinitive form of a French verb is the form that ends with [-ER], [-IR], or [-RE]. Each of these infinitive endings is the equivalent of " to …" (i..e. to speak, to read, to take, etc.) in English. Often, an infinitive verb is conjugated when used in a sentence. But French infinitives are used in a variety of other ways, too.

  13. FR: essayer de + infinitif

    Actually, de has a few different functions in French, which makes this word confusing for English-speakers. The "some" function is when de is a partitive article. But in this case, de is a preposition - it links the verb essayer (to try) with the next verb that tells what you try to do. essayer de faire quelque chose = to try to do something.

  14. L'infinitif: the infinitive of the verb in French

    When to use the infinitive in French. L'infinitif is an impersonal verb form (like the gerund and the past participle) that is used after certain words and phrases.In addition to following a verb, the infinitive often follows the prepositions à and de.. Example: avoir l'intention + de + infinitif → J'ai l'intention d' apprendre à jouer au tennis. I intend to start playing tennis.

  15. Stem-Changing Verbs -e_er -é_er -yer

    There are fewer than 100 stem-changing verbs, all recognizable by the last four letters of the infinitive. They fall into seven conjugation groups which can be reduced to three patterns. 1. Accent grave verbs. All verbs that end in -é_er change the é to è in the stem-changed conjugations:*** altérer - to alter; céder - to give up ...

  16. Conjugation of french verb essayer in interrogative form

    Essayer french verb. Essayer belong to the 1 st group. Essayer is a very common french verb. Essayer is conjugated the same way that verbs that end in : -ayer. Essayer is conjugated with auxiliary avoir. Essayer verb is direct transitive. French verb essayer can be conjugated in the reflexive form: S'essayer.

  17. Imperfect of the French verb essayer

    The imperfect tense conjugations for the French verb essayer, along with their English translations. essayer is a regular verb. Verb phrases. Imperfect Scored; j'essayais: I was trying: tu essayais: you were trying: il essayait: he was trying: elle essayait: she was trying: nous essayions: we were trying: vous essayiez:

  18. essaier

    infinitive essaier: avoir essaié: gerund en essaiant: gerund of avoir + 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 ...

  19. pre4: prepositions with infinitives

    3. pour, afin de, avant de, sans, par + infinitive. 4. après (past infinitive constructions) The infinitive is the verb form generally used after a preposition in French. À (to) and de (from, about) are the most common prepositions in French. In many expressions, the choice of the preposition à or de before an infinitive is purely idiomatic ...

  20. A List of French Verbs With Correct Prepositions

    French Verbs With Prepositions, J to P (jeter - punir de) jeter (qqch) à - to throw (s-t) to. se jeter sur qqun - to throw oneself upon someone. jouer à - to play (a game or a sport) jouer de - to play (an instrument) jouir de - to enjoy. jurer par - to swear by. laisser - to allow.

  21. How Is "Espérer" Conjugated in French?

    The imperative verb form is used to form quick and often assertive statements or exclamations. When using this one, skip the subject pronoun. Rather than saying " tu espère ," use " espère " alone. In order to say "to hope" in French, use the verb "espérer." This is a stem-changing verb and we have the trick to remembering the conjugation.

  22. Avoir beau

    normal. Pronunciation. [ ah vwahr bo] IPA. [a vwaʁ bo] Usage notes: The French phrase avoir beau might seem odd, as it uses avoir (to have) plus an action verb in the infinitive, but this is the most common way to express doing something in vain in French. Par exemple…. J'ai beau dire la vérité, personne ne me croit.

  23. Essayer : Conjugation of french verb essayer in interrogative form in

    Essayer french verb. Essayer belong to the 1 st group. Essayer is a very common french verb. Essayer is conjugated the same way that verbs that end in : -ayer. Essayer is conjugated with auxiliary avoir. Essayer verb is direct transitive. French verb essayer can be conjugated in the reflexive form: S'essayer.