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Conjugation of the French verb effrayer

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

effrayer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
effrayer	to scare

Present		Scored
j'effraye	I scare
tu effrayes	you scare
il effraye	he scares
elle effraye	she scares
nous effrayons	we scare
vous effrayez	you scare
ils effrayent	they scare
elles effrayent	they scare

Imperfect		Scored
j'effrayais	I was scaring
tu effrayais	you were scaring
il effrayait	he was scaring
elle effrayait	she was scaring
nous effrayions	we were scaring
vous effrayiez	you were scaring
ils effrayaient	they were scaring
elles effrayaient	they were scaring

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'effrayai	I scared
tu effrayas	you scared
il effraya	he scared
elle effraya	she scared
nous effrayâmes	we scared
vous effrayâtes	you scared
ils effrayèrent	they scared
elles effrayèrent	they scared

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai effrayé	I have scared
tu as effrayé	you have scared
il a effrayé	he has scared
elle a effrayé	she has scared
nous avons effrayé	we have scared
vous avez effrayé	you have scared
ils ont effrayé	they have scared
elles ont effrayé	they have scared

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais effrayé	I had scared
tu avais effrayé	you had scared
il avait effrayé	he had scared
elle avait effrayé	she had scared
nous avions effrayé	we had scared
vous aviez effrayé	you had scared
ils avaient effrayé	they had scared
elles avaient effrayé	they had scared

Future		Scored
j'effrayerai	I will scare
tu effrayeras	you will scare
il effrayera	he will scare
elle effrayera	she will scare
nous effrayerons	we will scare
vous effrayerez	you will scare
ils effrayeront	they will scare
elles effrayeront	they will scare

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 effrayé	I will have scared
tu auras effrayé	you will have scared
il aura effrayé	he will have scared
elle aura effrayé	she will have scared
nous aurons effrayé	we will have scared
vous aurez effrayé	you will have scared
ils auront effrayé	they will have scared
elles auront effrayé	they will have scared

Conditional		Scored
j'effrayerais	I would scare
tu effrayerais	you would scare
il effrayerait	he would scare
elle effrayerait	she would scare
nous effrayerions	we would scare
vous effrayeriez	you would scare
ils effrayeraient	they would scare
elles effrayeraient	they would scare

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 effrayé	I would have scared
tu aurais effrayé	you would have scared
il aurait effrayé	he would have scared
elle aurait effrayé	she would have scared
nous aurions effrayé	we would have scared
vous auriez effrayé	you would have scared
ils auraient effrayé	they would have scared
elles auraient effrayé	they would have scared

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'effraye	(... that) I scare
(... que) tu effrayes	(... that) you scare
(... que) il effraye	(... that) he scares
(... que) elle effraye	(... that) she scares
(... que) nous effrayions	(... that) we scare
(... que) vous effrayiez	(... that) you scare
(... que) ils effrayent	(... that) they scare
(... que) elles effrayent	(... that) they scare

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'effrayasse	(... that) I was scaring
(... que) tu effrayasses	(... that) you were scaring
(... que) il effrayât	(... that) he was scaring
(... que) elle effrayât	(... that) she was scaring
(... que) nous effrayassions	(... that) we were scaring
(... que) vous effrayassiez	(... that) you were scaring
(... que) ils effrayassent	(... that) they were scaring
(... que) elles effrayassent	(... that) they were scaring

Imperative		Scored
effraye	Scare
effrayons	Let's scare
effrayez	Scare

Present Participle		Scored
effrayant	scaring

Past Participle		Scored
effrayé	scared

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