conjugation for essayer

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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French verb 'essayer' conjugated.

French verb "essayer"

Translation.

• try (attempt)
• auxiliary avoir
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Conjugation

• je essaye /e.sɛj/; essaie
• tu essayes /e.sɛj/; essaies
• il;elle;on essaye /e.sɛj/; essaie
• nous essayons /e.sɛ.jɔ̃/
• vous essayez /e.sɛ.je/
• ils;elles essayent /e.sɛj/; essaient
• je essayais /e.sɛ.jɛ/
• tu essayais /e.sɛ.jɛ/
• il;elle;on essayait /e.sɛ.jɛ/
• nous essayions /e.sɛj.jɔ̃/
• vous essayiez /e.sɛj.je/
• ils;elles essayaient /e.sɛ.jɛ/

Futur simple

• je essayerai /e.sɛj.ʁe/; essaierai
• tu essayeras /e.sɛj.ʁa/; essaieras
• il;elle;on essayera /e.sɛj.ʁa/; essaiera
• nous essayerons /e.sɛj.ʁɔ̃/; essaierons
• vous essayerez /e.sɛj.ʁe/; essaierez
• ils;elles essayeront /e.sɛj.ʁɔ̃/; essaieront

Passé simple

• je essayai /e.sɛ.je/
• tu essayas /e.sɛ.ja/
• il;elle;on essaya /e.sɛ.ja/
• nous essayâmes /e.sɛ.jam/
• vous essayâtes /e.sɛ.jat/
• ils;elles essayèrent /e.sɛ.jɛʁ/

Passé composé

• je ai essayé
• tu as essayé
• il;elle;on a essayé
• nous avons essayé
• vous avez essayé
• ils;elles ont essayé

Plus-que-parfait

• je avais essayé
• tu avais essayé
• il;elle;on avait essayé
• nous avions essayé
• vous aviez essayé
• ils;elles avaient essayé

Futur antérieur

• je aurai essayé
• tu auras essayé
• il;elle;on aura essayé
• nous aurons essayé
• vous aurez essayé
• ils;elles auront essayé

Passé antérieur

• je eus essayé
• tu eus essayé
• il;elle;on eut essayé
• nous eûmes essayé
• vous eûtes essayé
• ils;elles eurent essayé
• je essayasse /e.sɛ.jas/
• tu essayasses /e.sɛ.jas/
• il;elle;on essayât /e.sɛ.ja/
• nous essayassions /e.sɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/
• vous essayassiez /e.sɛ.ja.sje/
• ils;elles essayassent /e.sɛ.jas/
• je aie essayé
• tu aies essayé
• il;elle;on ait essayé
• nous ayons essayé
• vous ayez essayé
• ils;elles aient essayé
• je eusse essayé
• tu eusses essayé
• il;elle;on eût essayé
• nous eussions essayé
• vous eussiez essayé
• ils;elles eussent essayé

Conditionnel

• je essayerais /e.sɛj.ʁɛ/; essaierais
• tu essayerais /e.sɛj.ʁɛ/; essaierais
• il;elle;on essayerait /e.sɛj.ʁɛ/; essaierait
• nous essayerions /e.sɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/; essaierions
• vous essayeriez /e.sɛ.jə.ʁje/; essaieriez
• ils;elles essayeraient /e.sɛj.ʁɛ/; essaieraient
• je aurais essayé
• tu aurais essayé
• il;elle;on aurait essayé
• nous aurions essayé
• vous auriez essayé
• ils;elles auraient essayé
• tu essaye /e.sɛj/; essaie

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Essayer Meaning & Translation – To try in French

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Posted on Published: January 7, 2024  - Last updated: January 22, 2024

In today’s lesson we’ll have a look at the verb essayer , which means “to try”. For example, j’essaie d’apprendre le français (I try to learn French). Let’s jump right into the lesson!

Essayer Meaning & Translation

Word origin.

According to Wiktionary.org , the French verb essayer is related to the noun essai (try, attempt), which comes from the Latin verb exigere (to judge, examine, weigh) and noun exagium (weight, balance).

Present tense conjugation

Essayer is a regular ER verb. This means that its endings are the same as all other French regular ER verbs when conjugated in the present tense. Essayer has two accepted spelling patterns in the present tense. The pronunciations are the exact same.

J’essaie I try Tu essaies You try (singular, informal) Il, elle essaie He, she tries Nous essayons We try Vous essayez You try (plural, formal) Ils, elles essaient They try

J’essaye I try Tu essayes You try (singular, informal) Il, elle essaye He, she tries Nous essayons We try Vous essayez You try (plural, formal) Ils, elles essayent They try

Example sentences

In our first example sentence, essayer is simply “to try”. This example uses the word jamais (never), which we cover in our French negations lesson .

Si tu n’essaies pas, tu ne réussiras jamais.

If you don’ try, you’ll never succeed.

Essayer de + infinitive

In these two example sentnces, essayer de + infinitive means “to try to do something”.

J’essaie de chanter la chanson mais c’est très difficile.

I try to sing the song but it’s very difficult.

Je vais essayer de terminer mon projet avant demain.

I’ll try to finish my project before tomorrow

Essayer + noun

In the next two examples, essayer is followed by a noun, meaning “to try something”. Essayer can also translate to “to test”. Hence, “I test the skis” could also work as a translation for this next sentence.

The les in this example sentence is a direct object pronoun, meaning “them”. This post on our site covers object pronouns in depth.

J’essaie les nouveaux skis avant de les acheter.

I try the new skies before buying them.

Nous allons essayer le nouveau restaurant ce soir.

We are going to try the new restaurant tonight.

In French, the noun essai transaltes to “try” or “attempt” and is the origin of the English word “essay”.

Il a réussi son examen au troisième essai.

He passed the exam after the third try.

Et voilà ! You now know how to use essayer in French! Now check out our other lessons covering the verbs quitter (to leave) , bosser (to work hard) and ranger (to tidy, put away) .

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