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abayer
abayer
French
Verb
abayer
- Archaic spelling of aboyer.
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer, the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to both groups, according to the writer's preference).
Conjugation of abayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | abayer | avoir abayé | |||||
| gerund | en abayant | en ayant abayé | |||||
| present participle | abayant /a.bɛ.jɑ̃/ or /a.be.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | abayé /a.bɛ.je/ or /a.be.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | abaye or abaie /a.bɛj/ or /a.bɛ/ |
abayes or abaies /a.bɛj/ or /a.bɛ/ |
abaye or abaie /a.bɛj/ or /a.bɛ/ |
abayons /a.bɛ.jɔ̃/ or /a.be.jɔ̃/ |
abayez /a.bɛ.je/ or /a.be.je/ |
abayent or abaient /a.bɛj/ or /a.bɛ/ |
| imperfect | abayais /a.bɛ.jɛ/ or /a.be.jɛ/ |
abayais /a.bɛ.jɛ/ or /a.be.jɛ/ |
abayait /a.bɛ.jɛ/ or /a.be.jɛ/ |
abayions /a.bɛj.jɔ̃/ or /a.bej.jɔ̃/ |
abayiez /a.bɛj.je/ or /a.bej.je/ |
abayaient /a.bɛ.jɛ/ or /a.be.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | abayai /a.bɛ.je/ or /a.be.je/ |
abayas /a.bɛ.ja/ or /a.be.ja/ |
abaya /a.bɛ.ja/ or /a.be.ja/ |
abayâmes /a.bɛ.jam/ or /a.be.jam/ |
abayâtes /a.bɛ.jat/ or /a.be.jat/ |
abayèrent /a.bɛ.jɛʁ/ or /a.be.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | abayerai or abaierai /a.bɛj.ʁe/ or /a.bɛ.ʁe/ |
abayeras or abaieras /a.bɛj.ʁa/ or /a.bɛ.ʁa/ |
abayera or abaiera /a.bɛj.ʁa/ or /a.bɛ.ʁa/ |
abayerons or abaierons /a.bɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.bɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
abayerez or abaierez /a.bɛj.ʁe/ or /a.bɛ.ʁe/ |
abayeront or abaieront /a.bɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.bɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | abayerais or abaierais /a.bɛj.ʁɛ/ or /a.bɛ.ʁɛ/ |
abayerais or abaierais /a.bɛj.ʁɛ/ or /a.bɛ.ʁɛ/ |
abayerait or abaierait /a.bɛj.ʁɛ/ or /a.bɛ.ʁɛ/ |
abayerions or abaierions /a.bɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.bɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
abayeriez or abaieriez /a.bɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /a.bɛ.ʁje/ |
abayeraient or abaieraient /a.bɛj.ʁɛ/ or /a.bɛ.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | abaye or abaie /a.bɛj/ or /a.bɛ/ |
abayes or abaies /a.bɛj/ or /a.bɛ/ |
abaye or abaie /a.bɛj/ or /a.bɛ/ |
abayions /a.bɛj.jɔ̃/ or /a.bej.jɔ̃/ |
abayiez /a.bɛj.je/ or /a.bej.je/ |
abayent or abaient /a.bɛj/ or /a.bɛ/ |
| imperfect1 |
abayasse /a.bɛ.jas/ or /a.be.jas/ |
abayasses /a.bɛ.jas/ or /a.be.jas/ |
abayât /a.bɛ.ja/ or /a.be.ja/ |
abayassions /a.bɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /a.be.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
abayassiez /a.bɛ.ja.sje/ or /a.be.ja.sje/ |
abayassent /a.bɛ.jas/ or /a.be.jas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | abaye or abaie /a.bɛj/ or /a.bɛ/ |
— | abayons /a.bɛ.jɔ̃/ or /a.be.jɔ̃/ |
abayez /a.bɛ.je/ or /a.be.je/ |
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Anagrams
Middle French
Verb
abayer
- (of a dog) to bark
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of abayer
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | abayer | avoir abayé | |||||
| gerund | en abayant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | abayant | ||||||
| past participle | abayé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | abaye | abayes | abaye | abayons | abayez | abayent |
| imperfect | abayois, abayoys | abayois, abayoys | abayoit, abayoyt | abayions, abayyons | abayiez, abayyez | abayoient, abayoyent | |
| past historic | abaya | abayas | abaya | abayasmes | abayastes | abayerent | |
| future | abayerai, abayeray | abayeras | abayera | abayerons | abayerez | abayeront | |
| conditional | abayerois, abayeroys | abayerois, abayeroys | abayeroit, abayeroyt | abayerions, abayeryons | abayeriez, abayeryez | abayeroient, abayeroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | abaye | abayes | abaye | abayons | abayez | abayent |
| imperfect | abayasse | abayasses | abayast | abayassions | abayassiez | abayassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | abaye | — | abayons | abayez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: aboyer