French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | essuie | essuyais | essuierai | essuierais | essuie | essuyasse | ||
| tu | essuies | essuyais | essuieras | essuierais | essuies | essuyasses | ||
| il | essuie | essuyait | essuiera | essuierait | essuie | essuyât | ||
| nous | essuyons | essuyions | essuierons | essuierions | essuyions | essuyassions | ||
| vous | essuyez | essuyiez | essuierez | essuieriez | essuyiez | essuyassiez | ||
| ils | essuient | essuyaient | essuieront | essuieraient | essuient | essuyassent | ||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai essuyé | avais essuyé | aurai essuyé | aurais essuyé | aie essuyé | eusse essuyé | ||
| tu | as essuyé | avais essuyé | auras essuyé | aurais essuyé | aies essuyé | eusses essuyé | ||
| il | a essuyé | avait essuyé | aura essuyé | aurait essuyé | ait essuyé | eût essuyé | ||
| nous | avons essuyé | avions essuyé | aurons essuyé | aurions essuyé | ayons essuyé | eussions essuyé | ||
| vous | avez essuyé | aviez essuyé | aurez essuyé | auriez essuyé | ayez essuyé | eussiez essuyé | ||
| ils | ont essuyé | avaient essuyé | auront essuyé | auraient essuyé | aient essuyé | eussent essuyé | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| j’ | essuyai | eus essuyé | (tu) | essuie | Present | essuyant | ||
| tu | essuyas | eus essuyé | (nous) | essuyons | Past | essuyé | ||
| il | essuya | eut essuyé | (vous) | essuyez | Perfect | ayant essuyé | ||
| nous | essuyâmes | eûmes essuyé | Past imperative | |||||
| vous | essuyâtes | eûtes essuyé | (tu) | aie essuyé | Past infinitive | |||
| ils | essuyèrent | eurent essuyé | (nous) | ayons essuyé | avoir essuyé | |||
| (vous) | ayez essuyé | |||||||
Essuyer is a stem-changing verb (y to i).
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