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volleyer
volleyer
French
Etymology
volley + -er, a calque of the English to volley.
Verb
volleyer
Conjugation
Conjugation of volleyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | volleyer | avoir volleyé | |||||
| gerund | en volleyant | en ayant volleyé | |||||
| present participle | volleyant /vɔ.lɛ.jɑ̃/ or /vɔ.le.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | volleyé /vɔ.lɛ.je/ or /vɔ.le.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 | volleye /vɔ.lɛj/ |
volleyes /vɔ.lɛj/ |
volleye /vɔ.lɛj/ |
volleyons /vɔ.lɛ.jɔ̃/ or /vɔ.le.jɔ̃/ |
volleyez /vɔ.lɛ.je/ or /vɔ.le.je/ |
volleyent /vɔ.lɛj/ |
| imperfect | volleyais /vɔ.lɛ.jɛ/ or /vɔ.le.jɛ/ |
volleyais /vɔ.lɛ.jɛ/ or /vɔ.le.jɛ/ |
volleyait /vɔ.lɛ.jɛ/ or /vɔ.le.jɛ/ |
volleyions /vɔ.lɛj.jɔ̃/ or /vɔ.lej.jɔ̃/ |
volleyiez /vɔ.lɛj.je/ or /vɔ.lej.je/ |
volleyaient /vɔ.lɛ.jɛ/ or /vɔ.le.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | volleyai /vɔ.lɛ.je/ or /vɔ.le.je/ |
volleyas /vɔ.lɛ.ja/ or /vɔ.le.ja/ |
volleya /vɔ.lɛ.ja/ or /vɔ.le.ja/ |
volleyâmes /vɔ.lɛ.jam/ or /vɔ.le.jam/ |
volleyâtes /vɔ.lɛ.jat/ or /vɔ.le.jat/ |
volleyèrent /vɔ.lɛ.jɛʁ/ or /vɔ.le.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | volleyerai /vɔ.lɛj.ʁe/ |
volleyeras /vɔ.lɛj.ʁa/ |
volleyera /vɔ.lɛj.ʁa/ |
volleyerons /vɔ.lɛj.ʁɔ̃/ |
volleyerez /vɔ.lɛj.ʁe/ |
volleyeront /vɔ.lɛj.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | volleyerais /vɔ.lɛj.ʁɛ/ |
volleyerais /vɔ.lɛj.ʁɛ/ |
volleyerait /vɔ.lɛj.ʁɛ/ |
volleyerions /vɔ.lɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
volleyeriez /vɔ.lɛ.jə.ʁje/ |
volleyeraient /vɔ.lɛj.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 | volleye /vɔ.lɛj/ |
volleyes /vɔ.lɛj/ |
volleye /vɔ.lɛj/ |
volleyions /vɔ.lɛj.jɔ̃/ or /vɔ.lej.jɔ̃/ |
volleyiez /vɔ.lɛj.je/ or /vɔ.lej.je/ |
volleyent /vɔ.lɛj/ |
| imperfect1 |
volleyasse /vɔ.lɛ.jas/ or /vɔ.le.jas/ |
volleyasses /vɔ.lɛ.jas/ or /vɔ.le.jas/ |
volleyât /vɔ.lɛ.ja/ or /vɔ.le.ja/ |
volleyassions /vɔ.lɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /vɔ.le.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
volleyassiez /vɔ.lɛ.ja.sje/ or /vɔ.le.ja.sje/ |
volleyassent /vɔ.lɛ.jas/ or /vɔ.le.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 | – | |
| — | volleye /vɔ.lɛj/ |
— | volleyons /vɔ.lɛ.jɔ̃/ or /vɔ.le.jɔ̃/ |
volleyez /vɔ.lɛ.je/ or /vɔ.le.je/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||