Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb essayer

The Past Historic / Passé Simple tense conjugations for the French verb essayer, along with their English translations.

essayer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
j'essayai	I tried
tu essayas	you tried
il essaya	he tried
elle essaya	she tried
nous essayâmes	we tried
vous essayâtes	you tried
ils essayèrent	they tried
elles essayèrent	they tried

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