From essai (“an attempt”), from Latin exagium (“a weighing”), from exigere (“test”).
essaier
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.
simple | compound | ||||||
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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, 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 | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + 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 | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | essaie | — | essaions | essaiez | — |