étayer
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.tɛ.je/, /e.te.je/
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Verb
étayer
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 either group, according to the writer's preference).
Conjugation of étayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | étayer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | étayant /e.tɛ.jɑ̃/ or /e.te.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | étayé /e.tɛ.je/ or /e.te.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | étaye or étaie /e.tɛj/ or /e.tɛ/ |
étayes or étaies /e.tɛj/ or /e.tɛ/ |
étaye or étaie /e.tɛj/ or /e.tɛ/ |
étayons /e.tɛ.jɔ̃/ or /e.te.jɔ̃/ |
étayez /e.tɛ.je/ or /e.te.je/ |
étayent or étaient /e.tɛj/ or /e.tɛ/ |
| imperfect | étayais /e.tɛ.jɛ/ or /e.te.jɛ/ |
étayais /e.tɛ.jɛ/ or /e.te.jɛ/ |
étayait /e.tɛ.jɛ/ or /e.te.jɛ/ |
étayions /e.tɛj.jɔ̃/ |
étayiez /e.tɛj.je/ |
étayaient /e.tɛ.jɛ/ or /e.te.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | étayai /e.tɛ.je/ or /e.te.je/ |
étayas /e.tɛ.ja/ or /e.te.ja/ |
étaya /e.tɛ.ja/ or /e.te.ja/ |
étayâmes /e.tɛ.jam/ or /e.te.jam/ |
étayâtes /e.tɛ.jat/ or /e.te.jat/ |
étayèrent /e.tɛ.jɛʁ/ or /e.te.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | étayerai or étaierai /e.tɛj.ʁe/ or /e.tɛ.ʁe/ or /e.te.ʁe/ |
étayeras or étaieras /e.tɛj.ʁa/ or /e.tɛ.ʁa/ or /e.te.ʁa/ |
étayera or étaiera /e.tɛj.ʁa/ or /e.tɛ.ʁa/ or /e.te.ʁa/ |
étayerons or étaierons /e.tɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.te.ʁɔ̃/ |
étayerez or étaierez /e.tɛj.ʁe/ or /e.tɛ.ʁe/ or /e.te.ʁe/ |
étayeront or étaieront /e.tɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.te.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | étayerais or étaierais /e.tɛj.ʁɛ/ or /e.tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /e.te.ʁɛ/ |
étayerais or étaierais /e.tɛj.ʁɛ/ or /e.tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /e.te.ʁɛ/ |
étayerait or étaierait /e.tɛj.ʁɛ/ or /e.tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /e.te.ʁɛ/ |
étayerions or étaierions /e.tɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.te.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.tɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.te.ʁjɔ̃/ |
étayeriez or étaieriez /e.tɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /e.te.jə.ʁje/ or /e.tɛ.ʁje/ or /e.te.ʁje/ |
étayeraient or étaieraient /e.tɛj.ʁɛ/ or /e.tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /e.te.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | étaye or étaie /e.tɛj/ or /e.tɛ/ |
étayes or étaies /e.tɛj/ or /e.tɛ/ |
étaye or étaie /e.tɛj/ or /e.tɛ/ |
étayions /e.tɛj.jɔ̃/ |
étayiez /e.tɛj.je/ |
étayent or étaient /e.tɛj/ or /e.tɛ/ |
| imperfect2 | étayasse /e.tɛ.jas/ or /e.te.jas/ |
étayasses /e.tɛ.jas/ or /e.te.jas/ |
étayât /e.tɛ.ja/ or /e.te.ja/ |
étayassions /e.tɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /e.te.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
étayassiez /e.tɛ.ja.sje/ or /e.te.ja.sje/ |
étayassent /e.tɛ.jas/ or /e.te.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | étaye or étaie /e.tɛj/ or /e.tɛ/ |
— | étayons /e.tɛ.jɔ̃/ or /e.te.jɔ̃/ |
étayez /e.tɛ.je/ or /e.te.je/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “étayer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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