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Conjugation of the French verb essayer

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb essayer, along with their English translations.



Verb phrases



InfinitiveScored
essayerto try

PresentScored
j'essayeI try
tu essayesyou try
il essayehe tries
elle essayeshe tries
nous essayonswe try
vous essayezyou try
ils essayentthey try
elles essayentthey try

ImperfectScored
j'essayaisI was trying
tu essayaisyou were trying
il essayaithe was trying
elle essayaitshe was trying
nous essayionswe were trying
vous essayiezyou were trying
ils essayaientthey were trying
elles essayaientthey were trying

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'essayaiI tried
tu essayasyou tried
il essayahe tried
elle essayashe tried
nous essayâmeswe tried
vous essayâtesyou tried
ils essayèrentthey tried
elles essayèrentthey tried

Passé ComposéScored
j'ai essayéI tried
tu as essayéyou tried
il a essayéhe tried
elle a essayéshe tried
nous avons essayéwe tried
vous avez essayéyou tried
ils ont essayéthey tried
elles ont essayéthey tried

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfaitScored
j'avais essayéI had tried
tu avais essayéyou had tried
il avait essayéhe had tried
elle avait essayéshe had tried
nous avions essayéwe had tried
vous aviez essayéyou had tried
ils avaient essayéthey had tried
elles avaient essayéthey had tried

FutureScored
j'essayeraiI will try
tu essayerasyou will try
il essayerahe will try
elle essayerashe will try
nous essayeronswe will try
vous essayerezyou will try
ils essayerontthey will try
elles essayerontthey will try

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur
The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.
Scored
j'aurai essayéI will have tried
tu auras essayéyou will have tried
il aura essayéhe will have tried
elle aura essayéshe will have tried
nous aurons essayéwe will have tried
vous aurez essayéyou will have tried
ils auront essayéthey will have tried
elles auront essayéthey will have tried

ConditionalScored
j'essayeraisI would try
tu essayeraisyou would try
il essayeraithe would try
elle essayeraitshe would try
nous essayerionswe would try
vous essayeriezyou would try
ils essayeraientthey would try
elles essayeraientthey would try

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé
The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.
Scored
j'aurais essayéI would have tried
tu aurais essayéyou would have tried
il aurait essayéhe would have tried
elle aurait essayéshe would have tried
nous aurions essayéwe would have tried
vous auriez essayéyou would have tried
ils auraient essayéthey would have tried
elles auraient essayéthey would have tried

Present SubjunctiveScored
(... que) j'essaye(... that) I try
(... que) tu essayes(... that) you try
(... que) il essaye(... that) he tries
(... que) elle essaye(... that) she tries
(... que) nous essayions(... that) we try
(... que) vous essayiez(... that) you try
(... que) ils essayent(... that) they try
(... que) elles essayent(... that) they try

Imperfect SubjunctiveScored
(... que) j'essayasse(... that) I was trying
(... que) tu essayasses(... that) you were trying
(... que) il essayât(... that) he was trying
(... que) elle essayât(... that) she was trying
(... que) nous essayassions(... that) we were trying
(... que) vous essayassiez(... that) you were trying
(... que) ils essayassent(... that) they were trying
(... que) elles essayassent(... that) they were trying

ImperativeScored
essaye Try
essayonsLet's try
essayez Try

Present ParticipleScored
essayant trying

Past ParticipleScored
essayé tried

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