French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | essaie essaye |
essayais | essaierai essayerai |
essaierais essayerais |
essaie essaye |
essayasse | ||
| tu | essaies essayes |
essayais | essaieras essayeras |
essaierais essayerais |
essaies essayes |
essayasses | ||
| il | essaie essaye |
essayait | essaiera essayera |
essaierait essayerait |
essaie essaye |
essayât | ||
| nous | essayons | essayions | essaierons essayerons |
essaierions essayerions |
essayions | essayassions | ||
| vous | essayez | essayiez | essaierez essayerez |
essaieriez essayeriez |
essayiez | essayassiez | ||
| ils | essaient essayent |
essayaient | essaieront essayeront |
essaieraient essayeraient |
essaient essayent |
essayassent | ||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai essayé | avais essayé | aurai essayé | aurais essayé | aie essayé | eusse essayé | ||
| tu | as essayé | avais essayé | auras essayé | aurais essayé | aies essayé | eusses essayé | ||
| il | a essayé | avait essayé | aura essayé | aurait essayé | ait essayé | eût essayé | ||
| nous | avons essayé | avions essayé | aurons essayé | aurions essayé | ayons essayé | eussions essayé | ||
| vous | avez essayé | aviez essayé | aurez essayé | auriez essayé | ayez essayé | eussiez essayé | ||
| ils | ont essayé | avaient essayé | auront essayé | auraient essayé | aient essayé | eussent essayé | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| j’ | essayai | eus essayé | (tu) | essaie / essaye | Present | essayant | ||
| tu | essayas | eus essayé | (nous) | essayons | Past | essayé | ||
| il | essaya | eut essayé | (vous) | essayez | Perfect | ayant essayé | ||
| nous | essayâmes | eûmes essayé | Past imperative | |||||
| vous | essayâtes | eûtes essayé | (tu) | aie essayé | Past infinitive | |||
| ils | essayèrent | eurent essayé | (nous) | ayons essayé | avoir essayé | |||
| (vous) | ayez essayé | |||||||
Essayer is a stem-changing verb (y to i).
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