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balayer
balayer
French
Verb
balayer
- to sweep
- to sweep aside, brush aside
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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 balayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | balayer | avoir balayé | |||||
| gerund | en balayant | en ayant balayé | |||||
| present participle | balayant /ba.lɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ba.le.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | balayé /ba.lɛ.je/ or /ba.le.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 | balaye or balaie /ba.lɛj/ or /ba.lɛ/ |
balayes or balaies /ba.lɛj/ or /ba.lɛ/ |
balaye or balaie /ba.lɛj/ or /ba.lɛ/ |
balayons /ba.lɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ba.le.jɔ̃/ |
balayez /ba.lɛ.je/ or /ba.le.je/ |
balayent or balaient /ba.lɛj/ or /ba.lɛ/ |
| imperfect | balayais /ba.lɛ.jɛ/ or /ba.le.jɛ/ |
balayais /ba.lɛ.jɛ/ or /ba.le.jɛ/ |
balayait /ba.lɛ.jɛ/ or /ba.le.jɛ/ |
balayions /ba.lɛj.jɔ̃/ or /ba.lej.jɔ̃/ |
balayiez /ba.lɛj.je/ or /ba.lej.je/ |
balayaient /ba.lɛ.jɛ/ or /ba.le.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | balayai /ba.lɛ.je/ or /ba.le.je/ |
balayas /ba.lɛ.ja/ or /ba.le.ja/ |
balaya /ba.lɛ.ja/ or /ba.le.ja/ |
balayâmes /ba.lɛ.jam/ or /ba.le.jam/ |
balayâtes /ba.lɛ.jat/ or /ba.le.jat/ |
balayèrent /ba.lɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ba.le.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | balayerai or balaierai /ba.lɛj.ʁe/ or /ba.lɛ.ʁe/ |
balayeras or balaieras /ba.lɛj.ʁa/ or /ba.lɛ.ʁa/ |
balayera or balaiera /ba.lɛj.ʁa/ or /ba.lɛ.ʁa/ |
balayerons or balaierons /ba.lɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ba.lɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
balayerez or balaierez /ba.lɛj.ʁe/ or /ba.lɛ.ʁe/ |
balayeront or balaieront /ba.lɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ba.lɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | balayerais or balaierais /ba.lɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ba.lɛ.ʁɛ/ |
balayerais or balaierais /ba.lɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ba.lɛ.ʁɛ/ |
balayerait or balaierait /ba.lɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ba.lɛ.ʁɛ/ |
balayerions or balaierions /ba.lɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ba.lɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
balayeriez or balaieriez /ba.lɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ba.lɛ.ʁje/ |
balayeraient or balaieraient /ba.lɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ba.lɛ.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 | balaye or balaie /ba.lɛj/ or /ba.lɛ/ |
balayes or balaies /ba.lɛj/ or /ba.lɛ/ |
balaye or balaie /ba.lɛj/ or /ba.lɛ/ |
balayions /ba.lɛj.jɔ̃/ or /ba.lej.jɔ̃/ |
balayiez /ba.lɛj.je/ or /ba.lej.je/ |
balayent or balaient /ba.lɛj/ or /ba.lɛ/ |
| imperfect1 |
balayasse /ba.lɛ.jas/ or /ba.le.jas/ |
balayasses /ba.lɛ.jas/ or /ba.le.jas/ |
balayât /ba.lɛ.ja/ or /ba.le.ja/ |
balayassions /ba.lɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ba.le.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
balayassiez /ba.lɛ.ja.sje/ or /ba.le.ja.sje/ |
balayassent /ba.lɛ.jas/ or /ba.le.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 | – | |
| — | balaye or balaie /ba.lɛj/ or /ba.lɛ/ |
— | balayons /ba.lɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ba.le.jɔ̃/ |
balayez /ba.lɛ.je/ or /ba.le.je/ |
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