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choyer
choyer
French
Verb
choyer
Conjugation
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the ‘y’ with an ‘i’ before a silent ‘e’.
Conjugation of choyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | choyer | avoir choyé | |||||
| gerund | en choyant | en ayant choyé | |||||
| present participle | choyant /ʃwa.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | choyé /ʃwa.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 | choie /ʃwa/ |
choies /ʃwa/ |
choie /ʃwa/ |
choyons /ʃwa.jɔ̃/ |
choyez /ʃwa.je/ |
choient /ʃwa/ |
| imperfect | choyais /ʃwa.jɛ/ |
choyais /ʃwa.jɛ/ |
choyait /ʃwa.jɛ/ |
choyions /ʃwaj.jɔ̃/ |
choyiez /ʃwaj.je/ |
choyaient /ʃwa.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | choyai /ʃwa.je/ |
choyas /ʃwa.ja/ |
choya /ʃwa.ja/ |
choyâmes /ʃwa.jam/ |
choyâtes /ʃwa.jat/ |
choyèrent /ʃwa.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | choierai /ʃwa.ʁe/ |
choieras /ʃwa.ʁa/ |
choiera /ʃwa.ʁa/ |
choierons /ʃwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
choierez /ʃwa.ʁe/ |
choieront /ʃwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | choierais /ʃwa.ʁɛ/ |
choierais /ʃwa.ʁɛ/ |
choierait /ʃwa.ʁɛ/ |
choierions /ʃwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
choieriez /ʃwa.ʁje/ |
choieraient /ʃwa.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 | choie /ʃwa/ |
choies /ʃwa/ |
choie /ʃwa/ |
choyions /ʃwaj.jɔ̃/ |
choyiez /ʃwaj.je/ |
choient /ʃwa/ |
| imperfect1 |
choyasse /ʃwa.jas/ |
choyasses /ʃwa.jas/ |
choyât /ʃwa.ja/ |
choyassions /ʃwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
choyassiez /ʃwa.ja.sje/ |
choyassent /ʃwa.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 | – | |
| — | choie /ʃwa/ |
— | choyons /ʃwa.jɔ̃/ |
choyez /ʃwa.je/ |
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