Inherited from Old French guerroiier, from Vulgar Latin *werridiāre, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *werru. By surface analysis, guerre (“war”) + -oyer.
guerroyer
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.
| infinitive | simple | guerroyer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | guerroyant /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jɑ̃/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | guerroyé /ɡɛ.ʁwa.je/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | guerroie /ɡɛ.ʁwa/ or /ɡe.ʁwa/ |
guerroies /ɡɛ.ʁwa/ or /ɡe.ʁwa/ |
guerroie /ɡɛ.ʁwa/ or /ɡe.ʁwa/ |
guerroyons /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jɔ̃/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jɔ̃/ |
guerroyez /ɡɛ.ʁwa.je/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.je/ |
guerroient /ɡɛ.ʁwa/ or /ɡe.ʁwa/ |
| imperfect | guerroyais /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jɛ/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jɛ/ |
guerroyais /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jɛ/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jɛ/ |
guerroyait /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jɛ/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jɛ/ |
guerroyions /ɡɛ.ʁwaj.jɔ̃/ or /ɡe.ʁwaj.jɔ̃/ |
guerroyiez /ɡɛ.ʁwaj.je/ or /ɡe.ʁwaj.je/ |
guerroyaient /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jɛ/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | guerroyai /ɡɛ.ʁwa.je/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.je/ |
guerroyas /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ja/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ja/ |
guerroya /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ja/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ja/ |
guerroyâmes /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jam/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jam/ |
guerroyâtes /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jat/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jat/ |
guerroyèrent /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jɛʁ/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | guerroierai /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ʁe/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ʁe/ |
guerroieras /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ʁa/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ʁa/ |
guerroiera /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ʁa/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ʁa/ |
guerroierons /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
guerroierez /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ʁe/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ʁe/ |
guerroieront /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | guerroierais /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ʁɛ/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ʁɛ/ |
guerroierais /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ʁɛ/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ʁɛ/ |
guerroierait /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ʁɛ/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ʁɛ/ |
guerroierions /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
guerroieriez /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ʁje/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ʁje/ |
guerroieraient /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ʁɛ/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.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 | guerroie /ɡɛ.ʁwa/ or /ɡe.ʁwa/ |
guerroies /ɡɛ.ʁwa/ or /ɡe.ʁwa/ |
guerroie /ɡɛ.ʁwa/ or /ɡe.ʁwa/ |
guerroyions /ɡɛ.ʁwaj.jɔ̃/ or /ɡe.ʁwaj.jɔ̃/ |
guerroyiez /ɡɛ.ʁwaj.je/ or /ɡe.ʁwaj.je/ |
guerroient /ɡɛ.ʁwa/ or /ɡe.ʁwa/ |
| imperfect2 | guerroyasse /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jas/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jas/ |
guerroyasses /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jas/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jas/ |
guerroyât /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ja/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ja/ |
guerroyassions /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
guerroyassiez /ɡɛ.ʁwa.ja.sje/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.ja.sje/ |
guerroyassent /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jas/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | guerroie /ɡɛ.ʁwa/ or /ɡe.ʁwa/ |
— | guerroyons /ɡɛ.ʁwa.jɔ̃/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.jɔ̃/ |
guerroyez /ɡɛ.ʁwa.je/ or /ɡe.ʁwa.je/ |
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| 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). | |||||||