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festoyer
festoyer
French
Verb
festoyer
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 festoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | festoyer | avoir festoyé | |||||
| gerund | en festoyant | en ayant festoyé | |||||
| present participle | festoyant /fɛs.twa.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | festoyé /fɛs.twa.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 | festoie /fɛs.twa/ |
festoies /fɛs.twa/ |
festoie /fɛs.twa/ |
festoyons /fɛs.twa.jɔ̃/ |
festoyez /fɛs.twa.je/ |
festoient /fɛs.twa/ |
| imperfect | festoyais /fɛs.twa.jɛ/ |
festoyais /fɛs.twa.jɛ/ |
festoyait /fɛs.twa.jɛ/ |
festoyions /fɛs.twaj.jɔ̃/ |
festoyiez /fɛs.twaj.je/ |
festoyaient /fɛs.twa.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | festoyai /fɛs.twa.je/ |
festoyas /fɛs.twa.ja/ |
festoya /fɛs.twa.ja/ |
festoyâmes /fɛs.twa.jam/ |
festoyâtes /fɛs.twa.jat/ |
festoyèrent /fɛs.twa.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | festoierai /fɛs.twa.ʁe/ |
festoieras /fɛs.twa.ʁa/ |
festoiera /fɛs.twa.ʁa/ |
festoierons /fɛs.twa.ʁɔ̃/ |
festoierez /fɛs.twa.ʁe/ |
festoieront /fɛs.twa.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | festoierais /fɛs.twa.ʁɛ/ |
festoierais /fɛs.twa.ʁɛ/ |
festoierait /fɛs.twa.ʁɛ/ |
festoierions /fɛs.twa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
festoieriez /fɛs.twa.ʁje/ |
festoieraient /fɛs.twa.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 | festoie /fɛs.twa/ |
festoies /fɛs.twa/ |
festoie /fɛs.twa/ |
festoyions /fɛs.twaj.jɔ̃/ |
festoyiez /fɛs.twaj.je/ |
festoient /fɛs.twa/ |
| imperfect1 |
festoyasse /fɛs.twa.jas/ |
festoyasses /fɛs.twa.jas/ |
festoyât /fɛs.twa.ja/ |
festoyassions /fɛs.twa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
festoyassiez /fɛs.twa.ja.sje/ |
festoyassent /fɛs.twa.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 | – | |
| — | festoie /fɛs.twa/ |
— | festoyons /fɛs.twa.jɔ̃/ |
festoyez /fɛs.twa.je/ |
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