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Conjugation verb essayer in French

Model : marcher / balayer

Auxiliary : avoir

Other forms: s'essayer / ne pas essayer / ne pas s'essayer

The regular verbs of the 1st group follow this conjugation model (verbs ending in -er). Verbs ending in -ayer follow at the same time this model (il balaye) and the model of balayer (il balaie)

The verb has several variants of conjugation, which may correspond to different meanings. Please use the menu to select one or all variants.

• il/elle essaye
• nous essayons
• vous essayez
• ils/elles essayent
• il/elle essaie
• ils/elles essaient
• j' essayais
• tu essayais
• il/elle essayait
• nous essayions
• vous essayiez
• ils/elles essayaient
• j' essayerai
• tu essayeras
• il/elle essayera
• nous essayerons
• vous essayerez
• ils/elles essayeront
• j' essaierai
• tu essaieras
• il/elle essaiera
• nous essaierons
• vous essaierez
• ils/elles essaieront

Passé simple

• il/elle essaya
• nous essayâmes
• vous essayâtes
• ils/elles essayèrent

Passé composé

• j' ai essayé
• tu as essayé
• il/elle a essayé
• nous avons essayé
• vous avez essayé
• ils/elles ont essayé

Plus-que-parfait

• j' avais essayé
• tu avais essayé
• il/elle avait essayé
• nous avions essayé
• vous aviez essayé
• ils/elles avaient essayé

Passé antérieur

• j' eus essayé
• tu eus essayé
• il/elle eut essayé
• nous eûmes essayé
• vous eûtes essayé
• ils/elles eurent essayé

Futur antérieur

• j' aurai essayé
• tu auras essayé
• il/elle aura essayé
• nous aurons essayé
• vous aurez essayé
• ils/elles auront essayé
• que j' essaye
• que tu essayes
• qu' il/elle essaye
• que nous essayions
• que vous essayiez
• qu' ils/elles essayent
• que j' essaie
• que tu essaies
• qu' il/elle essaie
• qu' ils/elles essaient
• que j' essayasse
• que tu essayasses
• qu' il/elle essayât
• que nous essayassions
• que vous essayassiez
• qu' ils/elles essayassent
• que j' eusse essayé
• que tu eusses essayé
• qu' il/elle eût essayé
• que nous eussions essayé
• que vous eussiez essayé
• qu' ils/elles eussent essayé
• que j' aie essayé
• que tu aies essayé
• qu' il/elle ait essayé
• que nous ayons essayé
• que vous ayez essayé
• qu' ils/elles aient essayé

Conditionnel

• j' essayerais
• tu essayerais
• il/elle essayerait
• nous essayerions
• vous essayeriez
• ils/elles essayeraient
• j' essaierais
• tu essaierais
• il/elle essaierait
• nous essaierions
• vous essaieriez
• ils/elles essaieraient

Passé première forme

• j' aurais essayé
• tu aurais essayé
• il/elle aurait essayé
• nous aurions essayé
• vous auriez essayé
• ils/elles auraient essayé

Passé deuxième forme

• j' eusse essayé
• tu eusses essayé
• il/elle eût essayé
• nous eussions essayé
• vous eussiez essayé
• ils/elles eussent essayé
• ayant essayé
• masc.sg.: essayé
• masc.pl.: essayés
• fém.sg.: essayée
• fém.pl.: essayées
• ayons essayé
• ayez essayé
• avoir essayé

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French Verb Conjugation Using "Essayer" (to Try)

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The French verb  essayer  means "to try." It's a simple word that can easily be confused with  essuyer  (to wipe) , so be sure to look and listen for that 'A' in  essayer .

In order to place  essayer  into the past, present, or future tense, the verb needs to be conjugated . Just follow along in this lesson and you'll be saying "tried" and "trying" in French before you know it.

Conjugating the French Verb  Essayer ​​

Essayer  is an optional stem-changing verb . Typically with verbs that end in - yer , the 'Y' has to change to an 'I' in certain forms. The rules are a little more casual with  essayer  as you'll see in the table. When there are two forms of the conjugation, you can use either.

The stem of  essayer  is  essay -. To this, a variety of infinitive endings is added that conform with the subject pronoun as well as the tense of the sentence. For instance, "I try" is " j'essaie " or " j'essaye ." Similarly, there are two options for "we will try": " nous essaierons " or " nous essayerons ."

All this leaves you with many words to memorize. The good news is that there are many opportunities to practice it and use  essayer  as you "try" things throughout your day.

The Present Participle of  Essayer

The  present participle  of essayer is  essayant . This is as simple as adding - ant  to the verb stem. Not only does it work as a verb, but it can also become an adjective, gerund, or noun when needed.

The Past Participle and Passé Composé

The  past participle   essayé  is used to form the  passé composé , a common past tense form of "tried" in French. To use this, you'll also need to conjugate the  auxiliary verb   avoir . For example, "I tried" is " j'ai essayé " and "we tried" is " nous avons essayé ."

More Simple  Essayer  Conjugations to Know

When the action of trying is in some way questionable, you can turn to the subjunctive verb mood . Similarly, if it's dependent on something, the conditional verb mood is used.

With less frequency, you will come across the passé simple or the imperfect subjunctive . These are mostly found in formal writing and will help considerably with reading comprehension.

To use  essayer  in commands or direct requests, turn to the imperative verb form . When using this, the subject pronoun is not required: use " essaie " instead of " tu essaie ."

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First group verb Conjugated with avoir English translation: to try essayer for a woman | 2 nd form | passive form | s'essayer | essayer ? | ne pas essayer | Print verb | Export to Word

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Verbs in -ayer have two ways to be conjugated : 1/ either they keep the y eveywhere : je paye... 2/ either they replace the y with a i in front of a silent e so in front of terminations e, es, ent, erai, erais : je paie. Remark the i to the two first plural persons to indicative imperfect and subjonctive present

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balayer - bayer - bégayer - brayer - déblayer - défrayer - délayer - effrayer - égayer - essayer - étayer - frayer - payer - rayer - réessayer - relayer

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Essayer to try, to attempt

Essayer - indicative, essayer - perfect, essayer - subjunctive, essayer - conditional, essayer - imperative (commands).

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Conjugation French verb essayer

Translation essayer, indicatif (indicative), présent (present), passé composé (present perfect), imparfait (imperfect), plus-que-parfait (pluperfect), passé simple (simple past), passé antérieur (past perfect), futur simple (future), futur antérieur (past future), conditionnel (conditional), passé (perfect), subjonctif (subjunctive), passé (past), impératif (imperative), infinitif (infinitive), participe (participle), gérondif (gerund), synonyms for the verb essayer.

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To try (to) to attempt, conditionnel, impératif.

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Verb conjugation Essayer

• j'essa ie /j'essa ye
• tu essa ies /tu essa yes
• il essa ie /elle essa ie /il essa ye /elle essa ye
• nous essa yons
• vous essa yez
• ils essa ient /elles essa ient /ils essa yent /elles essa yent

Passé composé

• j'ai essa yé
• tu as essa yé
• il a essa yé /elle a essa yé
• nous avons essa yé
• vous avez essa yé
• ils ont essa yé /elles ont essa yé
• j'essa yais
• tu essa yais
• il essa yait /elle essa yait
• nous essa yions
• vous essa yiez
• ils essa yaient /elles essa yaient

Plus-que-parfait

• j'avais essa yé
• tu avais essa yé
• il avait essa yé /elle avait essa yé
• nous avions essa yé
• vous aviez essa yé
• ils avaient essa yé /elles avaient essa yé

Passé simple

• tu essa yas
• il essa ya /elle essa ya
• nous essa yâmes
• vous essa yâtes
• ils essa yèrent /elles essa yèrent

Passé antérieur

• j'eus essa yé
• tu eus essa yé
• il eut essa yé /elle eut essa yé
• nous eûmes essa yé
• vous eûtes essa yé
• ils eurent essa yé /elles eurent essa yé
• j'essa ierai /j'essa yerai
• tu essa ieras /tu essa yeras
• il essa iera /elle essa iera /il essa yera /elle essa yera
• nous essa ierons /nous essa yerons
• vous essa ierez /vous essa yerez
• ils essa ieront /elles essa ieront /ils essa yeront /elles essa yeront

Futur antérieur

• j'aurai essa yé
• tu auras essa yé
• il aura essa yé /elle aura essa yé
• nous aurons essa yé
• vous aurez essa yé
• ils auront essa yé /elles auront essa yé

Futur proche

• je vais essa yer
• tu vas essa yer
• il va essa yer /elle va essa yer
• nous allons essa yer
• vous allez essa yer
• ils vont essa yer /elles vont essa yer

Conditionnel

• j'essa ierais /j'essa yerais
• tu essa ierais /tu essa yerais
• il essa ierait /elle essa ierait /il essa yerait /elle essa yerait
• nous essa ierions /nous essa yerions
• vous essa ieriez /vous essa yeriez
• ils essa ieraient /elles essa ieraient /ils essa yeraient /elles essa yeraient
• j'aurais essa yé
• tu aurais essa yé
• il aurait essa yé /elle aurait essa yé
• nous aurions essa yé
• vous auriez essa yé
• ils auraient essa yé /elles auraient essa yé

Passé - forme alternative

• j'eusse essa yé
• tu eusses essa yé
• il eût essa yé /elle eût essa yé
• nous eussions essa yé
• vous eussiez essa yé
• ils eussent essa yé /elles eussent essa yé
• que j'essa ie /que j'essa ye
• que tu essa ies /que tu essa yes
• qu'il essa ie /qu'elle essa ie /qu'il essa ye /qu'elle essa ye
• que nous essa yions
• que vous essa yiez
• qu'ils essa ient /qu'elles essa ient /qu'ils essa yent /qu'elles essa yent
• que j'essa yasse
• que tu essa yasses
• qu'il essa yât /qu'elle essa yât
• que nous essa yassions
• que vous essa yassiez
• qu'ils essa yassent /qu'elles essa yassent
• que j'eusse essa yé
• que tu eusses essa yé
• qu'il eût essa yé /qu'elle eût essa yé
• que nous eussions essa yé
• que vous eussiez essa yé
• qu'ils eussent essa yé /qu'elles eussent essa yé
• que j'aie essa yé
• que tu aies essa yé
• qu'il ait essa yé /qu'elle ait essa yé
• que nous ayons essa yé
• que vous ayez essa yé
• qu'ils aient essa yé /qu'elles aient essa yé
• (tu) essa ie /(tu) essa ye
• (nous) essa yons
• (vous) essa yez

Translation

• to try, to attempt
• versuchen, probieren
• intentar, probar

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A Moscow court has rejected 'WSJ' reporter Evan Gershkovich's detention appeal

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U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, stands inside a defendants' cage before a hearing to consider an appeal on his arrest at the Moscow City Court on Tuesday. Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, stands inside a defendants' cage before a hearing to consider an appeal on his arrest at the Moscow City Court on Tuesday.

MOSCOW — A Moscow court has rejected an appeal against the continued detention of American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who was apprehended on March 29 on charges of espionage.

Tuesday's hearing marked the first time the 31-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter was seen in public since the initial hours following his detention by Russian security agents while he was on a reporting trip in the Ural mountain city of Yekaterinburg.

Journalists were allowed briefly into the court room, where Gershkovich could be seen inside a glass cage, dressed in a blue checked shirt and jeans, chatting with his lawyers and occasionally smiling at onlookers. Burly masked Federal Security Service officers flanked the defendant cage.

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy was also present for portions of the otherwise closed hearing. Following the ruling, Tracy repeated U.S. government calls for Gershkovich's immediate release.

"I can only say how troubling it was to see Evan, an innocent journalist, held in these circumstances," said Tracy, who noted she had only been granted consular access to the American journalist Monday after two weeks of trying.

"I can report that he is in good health and remains strong despite his circumstances," Tracy said.

With the ruling, the judge rejected a more than $600,000 bail offer by The Wall Street Journal 's parent company, Dow Jones, as well as a request to place him under house arrest pending trial, Gershkovich's lawyers said.

Gershkovich and his employers have vehemently rejected the espionage charges — which carry up to 20 years in prison in Russia.

"He would like to fight and prove that he is not guilty," says Maria Korchagina, one of the lawyers representing Gershkovich.

Korchagina told NPR her client will appeal the court's ruling but suggested the next hearing would come no sooner than late May.

"He's very glad for the huge support he's gotten from everybody," Korchagina said.

Journalist Evan Gershkovich tells family he's 'not losing hope' in Russian detention

Until then, Gershkovich will remain in a cell at Moscow's Lefortovo prison, where his lawyers say he's been reading books like Leo Tolstoy's classic War and Peace , watching cooking shows and answering letters from well-wishers around the globe.

The U.S. State Department has labeled Gershkovich "wrongfully detained" — a designation that initiates government efforts to secure his release.

"Journalism is not a crime," State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said in a statement last week. "We call for the Russian Federation to immediately release Mr. Gershkovich."

Following Tuesday's court ruling, The Wall Street Journal 's publisher and editor-in-chief said in a statement , "While we expected this development, it is nonetheless disappointing." They added, "Evan is wrongfully detained and the charges of espionage against him are false. We demand his immediate release and are doing everything in our power to secure it."

Senior Russian officials have repeatedly insisted, without providing evidence, that Gershkovich was caught "red-handed" trying to gather state secrets about a military factory.

Russia's Foreign Ministry has also hinted at a potential future prisoner swap for Gershkovich, but only once the legal process runs its course.

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Local News | Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich loses appeal and will stay in Russian jail at least through November

MOSCOW — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich lost an appeal Tuesday to be released from jail on espionage charges, meaning he will remain behind bars at least through Nov. 30.

Gershkovich, 31, had a mostly blank expression as he appeared in the defendant’s glass cage in Moscow City Court in blue shirt, T-shirt and jeans. He marked six months in custody on Sept. 29.

It was the second time in less than a month he had appeared before a judge to appeal an August decision to extend his pre-trial detention through November. On Sept. 19, the court declined to hear the appeal, citing unspecified procedural violations.

The U.S. Embassy in Moscow said in a statement that it was “deeply disappointed” that Gershkovich’s appeal was rejected, adding: “Evan should be released.”

The journalist was detained in March while on a reporting trip to the city of Yekaterinburg, about 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) east of Moscow.

The court proceedings are closed because prosecutors say details of the criminal case are classified.

Russia’s Federal Security Service alleged Gershkovich, “acting on the instructions of the American side, collected information constituting a state secret about the activities of one of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex.”

Gershkovich and the Journal deny the allegations, and the U.S. government has declared him to be wrongfully detained. Russian authorities haven’t detailed any evidence to support the espionage charges.

He is being held at Moscow’s Lefortovo prison, notorious for its harsh conditions. Gershkovich is the first American reporter to be charged with espionage in Russia since 1986, when Nicholas Daniloff, a Moscow correspondent for U.S. News and World Report, was arrested by the KGB.

Analysts have pointed out that Moscow may be using jailed Americans as bargaining chips after U.S.-Russian tensions soared when Russia sent troops into Ukraine. At least two U.S. citizens arrested in Russia in recent years — including WNBA star Brittney Griner — have been exchanged for Russians jailed in the U.S.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has said it will consider a swap for Gershkovich only after a verdict in his trial. In Russia, espionage trials can last for more than a year.

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World News | Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich loses appeal, will remain in Russia jail until end of November

Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter detained in Russia on widely contested spying allegations, has had his appeal for release rejected , meaning he will remain behind bars through at least the end of November.

The 31-year-old journalist has been in Russian custody since March 29, when he was arrested during a reporting trip in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, about 800 miles away from the Moscow prison where he’s currently being housed. Gershkovich is being held on a single count of espionage, a charge he, the Wall Street Journal and the U.S. government have repeatedly denied.

Dressed in blue jeans and a checkered navy shirt, Gershkovich remained mostly expressionless as he stood within the defendant’s glass cage in the Moscow City courtroom. It marked his second appearance before a judge  to appeal an August decision to extend his pre-trial detention through November.

“The decision of the Lefortovo Court of Moscow dated Aug. 24, 2023 on extending the period of detention in relation to Gershkovich until Nov. 30, 2023 is left unchanged, the appeal is not satisfied,” the court declared Tuesday.

Under Russian law, prosecutors are required to request the pre-trial detention be continued every few months.

Dow Jones, the Journal’s parent company, blasted the court’s decision on Tuesday, noting that while it’s disappointing, it is not unexpected.

“It has now been more than six months since Evan’s unjust arrest, and we are outraged that he continues to be wrongfully detained,” a company spokeswoman said. “The accusation against him is categorically false, and we call for his immediate release.”

In a joint follow-up statement, WSJ Editor in Chief Emma Tucker and Chief Executive of Dow Jones Almar Latour said the company “will not rest until [Gershkovich] is home.”

Gershkovich — who covers Russia, Ukraine and the former Soviet Union for the Wall Street Journal — is the first American reporter to be charged with espionage in Russia since 1986, when Nicholas Daniloff, a Moscow correspondent for U.S. News and World Report, was arrested by the KGB.

Gerskovich is currently being held at Moscow’s Lefortovo prison, which is notorious for its harsh conditions. In the months since his capture, Russian officials have said they’d consider a prisoner swap , but only after his verdict is handed down.

An espionage trial can drag out for more than a year in Russia.

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