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Last Update: 04/07/2023 09:09 AM

Current Deck: French Verb Conjugation

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essayer (and derivatives) - Participe Présent

Rule

1^st group - Regular Verb - direct transitive verb

Verbs ending in '-ayer/-oyer/-uyer' are semi-regular!

je, tu, il, ils ➜ 'y' becomes 'i'
nous, vous ➜ 'y' stays 'y'

These verbs follow the same pattern:

essayer, payer, balayer, effrayer, bégayer, frayer, étayer, pagayer, déblayer, enrayer, layer, embrayer, grasseyer, faseyer, drayer, dérayer, désembrayer, relayer, égayer, monnayer, rayer, réessayer, bayer, délayer, défrayer, brayer, ressayer, remblayer, débrayer, repayer, zézayer

Le participe présent (present participle) is an impersonal form.
≈ English -ing form

as a verb ➜ immutable
as an adjective ➜ agrees in gender and number

Prompt

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Le participe présent de «essayer» est {{c1::essayant}}.essayer

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Le participe présent de «payer» est {{c7::payant}}.payer

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Link

https://www.the-conjugation.com/french/verb/essayer.php

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french::verb-conjugation::ending::-er french::verb-conjugation::group::1st french::verb-conjugation::regularity::regular

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