Inherited from Old French ghiller, from Middle Dutch gilen (“to ferment”). The word was introduced into Walloon, Flemish and Picard at a time when the brewing industry was flourishing in the Low Country.
guiller
| infinitive | simple | guiller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | guillant /ɡi.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | guillé /ɡi.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | guille /ɡij/ |
guilles /ɡij/ |
guille /ɡij/ |
guillons /ɡi.jɔ̃/ |
guillez /ɡi.je/ |
guillent /ɡij/ |
| imperfect | guillais /ɡi.jɛ/ |
guillais /ɡi.jɛ/ |
guillait /ɡi.jɛ/ |
guillions /ɡij.jɔ̃/ |
guilliez /ɡij.je/ |
guillaient /ɡi.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | guillai /ɡi.je/ |
guillas /ɡi.ja/ |
guilla /ɡi.ja/ |
guillâmes /ɡi.jam/ |
guillâtes /ɡi.jat/ |
guillèrent /ɡi.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | guillerai /ɡij.ʁe/ |
guilleras /ɡij.ʁa/ |
guillera /ɡij.ʁa/ |
guillerons /ɡij.ʁɔ̃/ |
guillerez /ɡij.ʁe/ |
guilleront /ɡij.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | guillerais /ɡij.ʁɛ/ |
guillerais /ɡij.ʁɛ/ |
guillerait /ɡij.ʁɛ/ |
guillerions /ɡi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
guilleriez /ɡi.jə.ʁje/ |
guilleraient /ɡij.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 | guille /ɡij/ |
guilles /ɡij/ |
guille /ɡij/ |
guillions /ɡij.jɔ̃/ |
guilliez /ɡij.je/ |
guillent /ɡij/ |
| imperfect2 | guillasse /ɡi.jas/ |
guillasses /ɡi.jas/ |
guillât /ɡi.ja/ |
guillassions /ɡi.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
guillassiez /ɡi.ja.sje/ |
guillassent /ɡi.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | guille /ɡij/ |
— | guillons /ɡi.jɔ̃/ |
guillez /ɡi.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). | |||||||