pagayer

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.ɡɛ.je/ ~ /pa.ɡe.je/
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Verb

pagayer

  1. to paddle

Conjugation

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).

Conjugation of pagayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pagayer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pagayant
/pa.ɡɛ.jɑ̃/ or /pa.ɡe.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pagayé
/pa.ɡɛ.je/ or /pa.ɡe.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present pagaye or pagaie
/pa.ɡɛj/ or /pa.ɡɛ/ 		pagayes or pagaies
/pa.ɡɛj/ or /pa.ɡɛ/ 		pagaye or pagaie
/pa.ɡɛj/ or /pa.ɡɛ/ 		pagayons
/pa.ɡɛ.jɔ̃/ or /pa.ɡe.jɔ̃/ 		pagayez
/pa.ɡɛ.je/ or /pa.ɡe.je/ 		pagayent or pagaient
/pa.ɡɛj/ or /pa.ɡɛ/
imperfect pagayais
/pa.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /pa.ɡe.jɛ/ 		pagayais
/pa.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /pa.ɡe.jɛ/ 		pagayait
/pa.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /pa.ɡe.jɛ/ 		pagayions
/pa.ɡɛj.jɔ̃/ 		pagayiez
/pa.ɡɛj.je/ 		pagayaient
/pa.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /pa.ɡe.jɛ/
past historic2 pagayai
/pa.ɡɛ.je/ or /pa.ɡe.je/ 		pagayas
/pa.ɡɛ.ja/ or /pa.ɡe.ja/ 		pagaya
/pa.ɡɛ.ja/ or /pa.ɡe.ja/ 		pagayâmes
/pa.ɡɛ.jam/ or /pa.ɡe.jam/ 		pagayâtes
/pa.ɡɛ.jat/ or /pa.ɡe.jat/ 		pagayèrent
/pa.ɡɛ.jɛʁ/ or /pa.ɡe.jɛʁ/
future pagayerai or pagaierai
/pa.ɡɛj.ʁe/ or /pa.ɡɛ.ʁe/ or /pa.ɡe.ʁe/ 		pagayeras or pagaieras
/pa.ɡɛj.ʁa/ or /pa.ɡɛ.ʁa/ or /pa.ɡe.ʁa/ 		pagayera or pagaiera
/pa.ɡɛj.ʁa/ or /pa.ɡɛ.ʁa/ or /pa.ɡe.ʁa/ 		pagayerons or pagaierons
/pa.ɡɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ɡɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ɡe.ʁɔ̃/ 		pagayerez or pagaierez
/pa.ɡɛj.ʁe/ or /pa.ɡɛ.ʁe/ or /pa.ɡe.ʁe/ 		pagayeront or pagaieront
/pa.ɡɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ɡɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ɡe.ʁɔ̃/
conditional pagayerais or pagaierais
/pa.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /pa.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ or /pa.ɡe.ʁɛ/ 		pagayerais or pagaierais
/pa.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /pa.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ or /pa.ɡe.ʁɛ/ 		pagayerait or pagaierait
/pa.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /pa.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ or /pa.ɡe.ʁɛ/ 		pagayerions or pagaierions
/pa.ɡɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pa.ɡe.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pa.ɡɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pa.ɡe.ʁjɔ̃/ 		pagayeriez or pagaieriez
/pa.ɡɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /pa.ɡe.jə.ʁje/ or /pa.ɡɛ.ʁje/ or /pa.ɡe.ʁje/ 		pagayeraient or pagaieraient
/pa.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /pa.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ or /pa.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 pagaye or pagaie
/pa.ɡɛj/ or /pa.ɡɛ/ 		pagayes or pagaies
/pa.ɡɛj/ or /pa.ɡɛ/ 		pagaye or pagaie
/pa.ɡɛj/ or /pa.ɡɛ/ 		pagayions
/pa.ɡɛj.jɔ̃/ 		pagayiez
/pa.ɡɛj.je/ 		pagayent or pagaient
/pa.ɡɛj/ or /pa.ɡɛ/
imperfect2 pagayasse
/pa.ɡɛ.jas/ or /pa.ɡe.jas/ 		pagayasses
/pa.ɡɛ.jas/ or /pa.ɡe.jas/ 		pagayât
/pa.ɡɛ.ja/ or /pa.ɡe.ja/ 		pagayassions
/pa.ɡɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /pa.ɡe.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		pagayassiez
/pa.ɡɛ.ja.sje/ or /pa.ɡe.ja.sje/ 		pagayassent
/pa.ɡɛ.jas/ or /pa.ɡe.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pagaye or pagaie
/pa.ɡɛj/ or /pa.ɡɛ/ 		— pagayons
/pa.ɡɛ.jɔ̃/ or /pa.ɡe.jɔ̃/ 		pagayez
/pa.ɡɛ.je/ or /pa.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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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