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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.

essayer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
essayer	to try

Present		Scored
j'essaye	I try
tu essayes	you try
il essaye	he tries
elle essaye	she tries
nous essayons	we try
vous essayez	you try
ils essayent	they try
elles essayent	they try

Imperfect		Scored
j'essayais	I was trying
tu essayais	you were trying
il essayait	he was trying
elle essayait	she was trying
nous essayions	we were trying
vous essayiez	you were trying
ils essayaient	they were trying
elles essayaient	they 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'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

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

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

Future		Scored
j'essayerai	I will try
tu essayeras	you will try
il essayera	he will try
elle essayera	she will try
nous essayerons	we will try
vous essayerez	you will try
ils essayeront	they will try
elles essayeront	they 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 essayé	I will have tried
tu auras essayé	you will have tried
il aura essayé	he will have tried
elle aura essayé	she will have tried
nous aurons essayé	we will have tried
vous aurez essayé	you will have tried
ils auront essayé	they will have tried
elles auront essayé	they will have tried

Conditional		Scored
j'essayerais	I would try
tu essayerais	you would try
il essayerait	he would try
elle essayerait	she would try
nous essayerions	we would try
vous essayeriez	you would try
ils essayeraient	they would try
elles essayeraient	they 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 essayé	I would have tried
tu aurais essayé	you would have tried
il aurait essayé	he would have tried
elle aurait essayé	she would have tried
nous aurions essayé	we would have tried
vous auriez essayé	you would have tried
ils auraient essayé	they would have tried
elles auraient essayé	they would have tried

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... 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 Subjunctive		Scored
(... 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

Imperative		Scored
essaye	Try
essayons	Let's try
essayez	Try

Present Participle		Scored
essayant	trying

Past Participle		Scored
essayé	tried

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