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Conjugation of the French verb essuyer

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

essuyer is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
essuyer	to wipe

Present		Scored
j'essuie	I wipe
tu essuies	you wipe
il essuie	he wipes
elle essuie	she wipes
nous essuyons	we wipe
vous essuyez	you wipe
ils essuient	they wipe
elles essuient	they wipe

Imperfect		Scored
j'essuyais	I was wiping
tu essuyais	you were wiping
il essuyait	he was wiping
elle essuyait	she was wiping
nous essuyions	we were wiping
vous essuyiez	you were wiping
ils essuyaient	they were wiping
elles essuyaient	they were wiping

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'essuyai	I wiped
tu essuyas	you wiped
il essuya	he wiped
elle essuya	she wiped
nous essuyâmes	we wiped
vous essuyâtes	you wiped
ils essuyèrent	they wiped
elles essuyèrent	they wiped

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

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

Future		Scored
j'essuierai	I will wipe
tu essuieras	you will wipe
il essuiera	he will wipe
elle essuiera	she will wipe
nous essuierons	we will wipe
vous essuierez	you will wipe
ils essuieront	they will wipe
elles essuieront	they will wipe

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

Conditional		Scored
j'essuierais	I would wipe
tu essuierais	you would wipe
il essuierait	he would wipe
elle essuierait	she would wipe
nous essuierions	we would wipe
vous essuieriez	you would wipe
ils essuieraient	they would wipe
elles essuieraient	they would wipe

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'essuie	(... that) I wipe
(... que) tu essuies	(... that) you wipe
(... que) il essuie	(... that) he wipes
(... que) elle essuie	(... that) she wipes
(... que) nous essuyions	(... that) we wipe
(... que) vous essuyiez	(... that) you wipe
(... que) ils essuient	(... that) they wipe
(... que) elles essuient	(... that) they wipe

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'essuyasse	(... that) I was wiping
(... que) tu essuyasses	(... that) you were wiping
(... que) il essuyât	(... that) he was wiping
(... que) elle essuyât	(... that) she was wiping
(... que) nous essuyassions	(... that) we were wiping
(... que) vous essuyassiez	(... that) you were wiping
(... que) ils essuyassent	(... that) they were wiping
(... que) elles essuyassent	(... that) they were wiping

Imperative		Scored
essuie	Wipe
essuyons	Let's wipe
essuyez	Wipe

Present Participle		Scored
essuyant	wiping

Past Participle		Scored
essuyé	wiped

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

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