égayer
This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer), the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference).
| infinitive | simple | égayer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | égayant /e.ɡɛ.jɑ̃/ or /e.ɡe.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | égayé /e.ɡɛ.je/ or /e.ɡe.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | égaye or égaie /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
égayes or égaies /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
égaye or égaie /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
égayons /e.ɡɛ.jɔ̃/ or /e.ɡe.jɔ̃/ |
égayez /e.ɡɛ.je/ or /e.ɡe.je/ |
égayent or égaient /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
| imperfect | égayais /e.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /e.ɡe.jɛ/ |
égayais /e.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /e.ɡe.jɛ/ |
égayait /e.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /e.ɡe.jɛ/ |
égayions /e.ɡɛj.jɔ̃/ |
égayiez /e.ɡɛj.je/ |
égayaient /e.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /e.ɡe.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | égayai /e.ɡɛ.je/ or /e.ɡe.je/ |
égayas /e.ɡɛ.ja/ or /e.ɡe.ja/ |
égaya /e.ɡɛ.ja/ or /e.ɡe.ja/ |
égayâmes /e.ɡɛ.jam/ or /e.ɡe.jam/ |
égayâtes /e.ɡɛ.jat/ or /e.ɡe.jat/ |
égayèrent /e.ɡɛ.jɛʁ/ or /e.ɡe.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | égayerai or égaierai /e.ɡɛj.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁe/ or /e.ɡe.ʁe/ |
égayeras or égaieras /e.ɡɛj.ʁa/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁa/ or /e.ɡe.ʁa/ |
égayera or égaiera /e.ɡɛj.ʁa/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁa/ or /e.ɡe.ʁa/ |
égayerons or égaierons /e.ɡɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ɡe.ʁɔ̃/ |
égayerez or égaierez /e.ɡɛj.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁe/ or /e.ɡe.ʁe/ |
égayeront or égaieront /e.ɡɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ɡe.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | égayerais or égaierais /e.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡe.ʁɛ/ |
égayerais or égaierais /e.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡe.ʁɛ/ |
égayerait or égaierait /e.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡe.ʁɛ/ |
égayerions or égaierions /e.ɡɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ɡe.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ɡe.ʁjɔ̃/ |
égayeriez or égaieriez /e.ɡɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /e.ɡe.jə.ʁje/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁje/ or /e.ɡe.ʁje/ |
égayeraient or égaieraient /e.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡe.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | égaye or égaie /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
égayes or égaies /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
égaye or égaie /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
égayions /e.ɡɛj.jɔ̃/ |
égayiez /e.ɡɛj.je/ |
égayent or égaient /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
| imperfect2 | égayasse /e.ɡɛ.jas/ or /e.ɡe.jas/ |
égayasses /e.ɡɛ.jas/ or /e.ɡe.jas/ |
égayât /e.ɡɛ.ja/ or /e.ɡe.ja/ |
égayassions /e.ɡɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /e.ɡe.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
égayassiez /e.ɡɛ.ja.sje/ or /e.ɡe.ja.sje/ |
égayassent /e.ɡɛ.jas/ or /e.ɡe.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | égaye or égaie /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
— | égayons /e.ɡɛ.jɔ̃/ or /e.ɡe.jɔ̃/ |
égayez /e.ɡɛ.je/ or /e.ɡe.je/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||