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Bayer
bayer
bayer
French
Alternative forms
Verb
bayer
- (archaic) to have one's mouth wide open, to gape
- bayer aux corneilles — "to gape at crows", i.e. to be dumbstruck
Usage notes
The alternative spelling bâyer is mistaken, probably due to confusion with bâiller.
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 bayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | bayer | avoir bayé | |||||
| gerund | en bayant | en ayant bayé | |||||
| present participle | bayant /bɛ.jɑ̃/ or /be.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | bayé /bɛ.je/ or /be.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 | baye or baie /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ |
bayes or baies /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ |
baye or baie /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ |
bayons /bɛ.jɔ̃/ or /be.jɔ̃/ |
bayez /bɛ.je/ or /be.je/ |
bayent or baient /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ |
| imperfect | bayais /bɛ.jɛ/ or /be.jɛ/ |
bayais /bɛ.jɛ/ or /be.jɛ/ |
bayait /bɛ.jɛ/ or /be.jɛ/ |
bayions /bɛj.jɔ̃/ or /bej.jɔ̃/ |
bayiez /bɛj.je/ or /bej.je/ |
bayaient /bɛ.jɛ/ or /be.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | bayai /bɛ.je/ or /be.je/ |
bayas /bɛ.ja/ or /be.ja/ |
baya /bɛ.ja/ or /be.ja/ |
bayâmes /bɛ.jam/ or /be.jam/ |
bayâtes /bɛ.jat/ or /be.jat/ |
bayèrent /bɛ.jɛʁ/ or /be.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | bayerai or baierai /bɛj.ʁe/ or /bɛ.ʁe/ |
bayeras or baieras /bɛj.ʁa/ or /bɛ.ʁa/ |
bayera or baiera /bɛj.ʁa/ or /bɛ.ʁa/ |
bayerons or baierons /bɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /bɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
bayerez or baierez /bɛj.ʁe/ or /bɛ.ʁe/ |
bayeront or baieront /bɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /bɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | bayerais or baierais /bɛj.ʁɛ/ or /bɛ.ʁɛ/ |
bayerais or baierais /bɛj.ʁɛ/ or /bɛ.ʁɛ/ |
bayerait or baierait /bɛj.ʁɛ/ or /bɛ.ʁɛ/ |
bayerions or baierions /bɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bayeriez or baieriez /bɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /bɛ.ʁje/ |
bayeraient or baieraient /bɛj.ʁɛ/ or /bɛ.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 | baye or baie /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ |
bayes or baies /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ |
baye or baie /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ |
bayions /bɛj.jɔ̃/ or /bej.jɔ̃/ |
bayiez /bɛj.je/ or /bej.je/ |
bayent or baient /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ |
| imperfect1 |
bayasse /bɛ.jas/ or /be.jas/ |
bayasses /bɛ.jas/ or /be.jas/ |
bayât /bɛ.ja/ or /be.ja/ |
bayassions /bɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /be.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
bayassiez /bɛ.ja.sje/ or /be.ja.sje/ |
bayassent /bɛ.jas/ or /be.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 | – | |
| — | baye or baie /bɛj/ or /bɛ/ |
— | bayons /bɛ.jɔ̃/ or /be.jɔ̃/ |
bayez /bɛ.je/ or /be.je/ |
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