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zézayer
zézayer
French
Verb
zézayer
- to pronounce "zh" (/ʒ/) as "z" (/z/) and "sh" (/ʃ/) as "s" (/s/); loosely, to lisp, to slur
Synonyms
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 zézayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | zézayer | avoir zézayé | |||||
| gerund | en zézayant | en ayant zézayé | |||||
| present participle | zézayant /ze.zɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ze.ze.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | zézayé /ze.zɛ.je/ or /ze.ze.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 | zézaye or zézaie /ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/ |
zézayes or zézaies /ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/ |
zézaye or zézaie /ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/ |
zézayons /ze.zɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ze.ze.jɔ̃/ |
zézayez /ze.zɛ.je/ or /ze.ze.je/ |
zézayent or zézaient /ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/ |
| imperfect | zézayais /ze.zɛ.jɛ/ or /ze.ze.jɛ/ |
zézayais /ze.zɛ.jɛ/ or /ze.ze.jɛ/ |
zézayait /ze.zɛ.jɛ/ or /ze.ze.jɛ/ |
zézayions /ze.zɛj.jɔ̃/ or /ze.zej.jɔ̃/ |
zézayiez /ze.zɛj.je/ or /ze.zej.je/ |
zézayaient /ze.zɛ.jɛ/ or /ze.ze.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | zézayai /ze.zɛ.je/ or /ze.ze.je/ |
zézayas /ze.zɛ.ja/ or /ze.ze.ja/ |
zézaya /ze.zɛ.ja/ or /ze.ze.ja/ |
zézayâmes /ze.zɛ.jam/ or /ze.ze.jam/ |
zézayâtes /ze.zɛ.jat/ or /ze.ze.jat/ |
zézayèrent /ze.zɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ze.ze.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | zézayerai or zézaierai /ze.zɛj.ʁe/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁe/ |
zézayeras or zézaieras /ze.zɛj.ʁa/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁa/ |
zézayera or zézaiera /ze.zɛj.ʁa/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁa/ |
zézayerons or zézaierons /ze.zɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
zézayerez or zézaierez /ze.zɛj.ʁe/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁe/ |
zézayeront or zézaieront /ze.zɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | zézayerais or zézaierais /ze.zɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁɛ/ |
zézayerais or zézaierais /ze.zɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁɛ/ |
zézayerait or zézaierait /ze.zɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁɛ/ |
zézayerions or zézaierions /ze.zɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
zézayeriez or zézaieriez /ze.zɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ze.zɛ.ʁje/ |
zézayeraient or zézaieraient /ze.zɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ze.zɛ.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 | zézaye or zézaie /ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/ |
zézayes or zézaies /ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/ |
zézaye or zézaie /ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/ |
zézayions /ze.zɛj.jɔ̃/ or /ze.zej.jɔ̃/ |
zézayiez /ze.zɛj.je/ or /ze.zej.je/ |
zézayent or zézaient /ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/ |
| imperfect1 |
zézayasse /ze.zɛ.jas/ or /ze.ze.jas/ |
zézayasses /ze.zɛ.jas/ or /ze.ze.jas/ |
zézayât /ze.zɛ.ja/ or /ze.ze.ja/ |
zézayassions /ze.zɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ze.ze.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
zézayassiez /ze.zɛ.ja.sje/ or /ze.ze.ja.sje/ |
zézayassent /ze.zɛ.jas/ or /ze.ze.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 | – | |
| — | zézaye or zézaie /ze.zɛj/ or /ze.zɛ/ |
— | zézayons /ze.zɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ze.ze.jɔ̃/ |
zézayez /ze.zɛ.je/ or /ze.ze.je/ |
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