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royer
royer
Asturian
Alternative forms
Verb
royer
- to gnaw (to bite something persistently)
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁwa.je/
Verb
royer
- (Switzerland) to rain
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 royer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | royer | avoir royé | |||||
| gerund | en royant | en ayant royé | |||||
| present participle | royant /ʁwa.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | royé /ʁwa.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 | roie /ʁwa/ |
roies /ʁwa/ |
roie /ʁwa/ |
royons /ʁwa.jɔ̃/ |
royez /ʁwa.je/ |
roient /ʁwa/ |
| imperfect | royais /ʁwa.jɛ/ |
royais /ʁwa.jɛ/ |
royait /ʁwa.jɛ/ |
royions /ʁwaj.jɔ̃/ |
royiez /ʁwaj.je/ |
royaient /ʁwa.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | royai /ʁwa.je/ |
royas /ʁwa.ja/ |
roya /ʁwa.ja/ |
royâmes /ʁwa.jam/ |
royâtes /ʁwa.jat/ |
royèrent /ʁwa.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | roierai /ʁwa.ʁe/ |
roieras /ʁwa.ʁa/ |
roiera /ʁwa.ʁa/ |
roierons /ʁwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
roierez /ʁwa.ʁe/ |
roieront /ʁwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | roierais /ʁwa.ʁɛ/ |
roierais /ʁwa.ʁɛ/ |
roierait /ʁwa.ʁɛ/ |
roierions /ʁwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
roieriez /ʁwa.ʁje/ |
roieraient /ʁwa.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 | roie /ʁwa/ |
roies /ʁwa/ |
roie /ʁwa/ |
royions /ʁwaj.jɔ̃/ |
royiez /ʁwaj.je/ |
roient /ʁwa/ |
| imperfect1 |
royasse /ʁwa.jas/ |
royasses /ʁwa.jas/ |
royât /ʁwa.ja/ |
royassions /ʁwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
royassiez /ʁwa.ja.sje/ |
royassent /ʁwa.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 | – | |
| — | roie /ʁwa/ |
— | royons /ʁwa.jɔ̃/ |
royez /ʁwa.je/ |
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