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effrayer
effrayer
French
Verb
effrayer
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 effrayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | effrayer | avoir effrayé | |||||
| gerund | en effrayant | en ayant effrayé | |||||
| present participle | effrayant /e.fʁɛ.jɑ̃/ or /e.fʁe.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | effrayé /e.fʁɛ.je/ or /e.fʁe.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 | effraye or effraie /e.fʁɛj/ or /e.fʁɛ/ |
effrayes or effraies /e.fʁɛj/ or /e.fʁɛ/ |
effraye or effraie /e.fʁɛj/ or /e.fʁɛ/ |
effrayons /e.fʁɛ.jɔ̃/ or /e.fʁe.jɔ̃/ |
effrayez /e.fʁɛ.je/ or /e.fʁe.je/ |
effrayent or effraient /e.fʁɛj/ or /e.fʁɛ/ |
| imperfect | effrayais /e.fʁɛ.jɛ/ or /e.fʁe.jɛ/ |
effrayais /e.fʁɛ.jɛ/ or /e.fʁe.jɛ/ |
effrayait /e.fʁɛ.jɛ/ or /e.fʁe.jɛ/ |
effrayions /e.fʁɛj.jɔ̃/ or /e.fʁej.jɔ̃/ |
effrayiez /e.fʁɛj.je/ or /e.fʁej.je/ |
effrayaient /e.fʁɛ.jɛ/ or /e.fʁe.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | effrayai /e.fʁɛ.je/ or /e.fʁe.je/ |
effrayas /e.fʁɛ.ja/ or /e.fʁe.ja/ |
effraya /e.fʁɛ.ja/ or /e.fʁe.ja/ |
effrayâmes /e.fʁɛ.jam/ or /e.fʁe.jam/ |
effrayâtes /e.fʁɛ.jat/ or /e.fʁe.jat/ |
effrayèrent /e.fʁɛ.jɛʁ/ or /e.fʁe.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | effrayerai or effraierai /e.fʁɛj.ʁe/ or /e.fʁɛ.ʁe/ |
effrayeras or effraieras /e.fʁɛj.ʁa/ or /e.fʁɛ.ʁa/ |
effrayera or effraiera /e.fʁɛj.ʁa/ or /e.fʁɛ.ʁa/ |
effrayerons or effraierons /e.fʁɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.fʁɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
effrayerez or effraierez /e.fʁɛj.ʁe/ or /e.fʁɛ.ʁe/ |
effrayeront or effraieront /e.fʁɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.fʁɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | effrayerais or effraierais /e.fʁɛj.ʁɛ/ or /e.fʁɛ.ʁɛ/ |
effrayerais or effraierais /e.fʁɛj.ʁɛ/ or /e.fʁɛ.ʁɛ/ |
effrayerait or effraierait /e.fʁɛj.ʁɛ/ or /e.fʁɛ.ʁɛ/ |
effrayerions or effraierions /e.fʁɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.fʁɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
effrayeriez or effraieriez /e.fʁɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /e.fʁɛ.ʁje/ |
effrayeraient or effraieraient /e.fʁɛj.ʁɛ/ or /e.fʁɛ.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 | effraye or effraie /e.fʁɛj/ or /e.fʁɛ/ |
effrayes or effraies /e.fʁɛj/ or /e.fʁɛ/ |
effraye or effraie /e.fʁɛj/ or /e.fʁɛ/ |
effrayions /e.fʁɛj.jɔ̃/ or /e.fʁej.jɔ̃/ |
effrayiez /e.fʁɛj.je/ or /e.fʁej.je/ |
effrayent or effraient /e.fʁɛj/ or /e.fʁɛ/ |
| imperfect1 |
effrayasse /e.fʁɛ.jas/ or /e.fʁe.jas/ |
effrayasses /e.fʁɛ.jas/ or /e.fʁe.jas/ |
effrayât /e.fʁɛ.ja/ or /e.fʁe.ja/ |
effrayassions /e.fʁɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /e.fʁe.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
effrayassiez /e.fʁɛ.ja.sje/ or /e.fʁe.ja.sje/ |
effrayassent /e.fʁɛ.jas/ or /e.fʁe.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 | – | |
| — | effraye or effraie /e.fʁɛj/ or /e.fʁɛ/ |
— | effrayons /e.fʁɛ.jɔ̃/ or /e.fʁe.jɔ̃/ |
effrayez /e.fʁɛ.je/ or /e.fʁe.je/ |
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