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égayer
égayer
French
Verb
égayer
- (transitive) to entertain
- (transitive) to brighten up (make appear more jolly)
- (reflexive) to have fun, to enjoy oneself
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 both groups, according to the writer's preference).
Conjugation of égayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | égayer | avoir égayé | |||||
| gerund | en égayant | en ayant égayé | |||||
| present participle | égayant /e.ɡɛ.jɑ̃/ or /e.ʒe.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | égayé /e.ɡɛ.je/ or /e.ʒe.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | égaye or égaie /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
égayes or égaies /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
égaye or égaie /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
égayons /e.ɡɛ.jɔ̃/ or /e.ʒe.jɔ̃/ |
égayez /e.ɡɛ.je/ or /e.ʒe.je/ |
égayent or égaient /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
| imperfect | égayais /e.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /e.ʒe.jɛ/ |
égayais /e.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /e.ʒe.jɛ/ |
égayait /e.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /e.ʒe.jɛ/ |
égayions /e.ɡɛj.jɔ̃/ or /e.ʒej.jɔ̃/ |
égayiez /e.ɡɛj.je/ or /e.ʒej.je/ |
égayaient /e.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /e.ʒe.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | égayai /e.ɡɛ.je/ or /e.ʒe.je/ |
égayas /e.ɡɛ.ja/ or /e.ʒe.ja/ |
égaya /e.ɡɛ.ja/ or /e.ʒe.ja/ |
égayâmes /e.ɡɛ.jam/ or /e.ʒe.jam/ |
égayâtes /e.ɡɛ.jat/ or /e.ʒe.jat/ |
égayèrent /e.ɡɛ.jɛʁ/ or /e.ʒe.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | égayerai or égaierai /e.ɡɛj.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁe/ |
égayeras or égaieras /e.ɡɛj.ʁa/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁa/ |
égayera or égaiera /e.ɡɛj.ʁa/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁa/ |
égayerons or égaierons /e.ɡɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
égayerez or égaierez /e.ɡɛj.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁe/ |
égayeront or égaieront /e.ɡɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | égayerais or égaierais /e.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ |
égayerais or égaierais /e.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ |
égayerait or égaierait /e.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ |
égayerions or égaierions /e.ɡɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
égayeriez or égaieriez /e.ɡɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁje/ |
égayeraient or égaieraient /e.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | égaye or égaie /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
égayes or égaies /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
égaye or égaie /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
égayions /e.ɡɛj.jɔ̃/ or /e.ʒej.jɔ̃/ |
égayiez /e.ɡɛj.je/ or /e.ʒej.je/ |
égayent or égaient /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
| imperfect1 |
égayasse /e.ɡɛ.jas/ or /e.ʒe.jas/ |
égayasses /e.ɡɛ.jas/ or /e.ʒe.jas/ |
égayât /e.ɡɛ.ja/ or /e.ʒe.ja/ |
égayassions /e.ɡɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /e.ʒe.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
égayassiez /e.ɡɛ.ja.sje/ or /e.ʒe.ja.sje/ |
égayassent /e.ɡɛ.jas/ or /e.ʒe.jas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | égaye or égaie /e.ɡɛj/ or /e.ɡɛ/ |
— | égayons /e.ɡɛ.jɔ̃/ or /e.ʒe.jɔ̃/ |
égayez /e.ɡɛ.je/ or /e.ʒe.je/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
- égaiement
- égayement