pagayer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ɡɛ.je/ ~ /pa.ɡe.je/

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Verb

pagayer

1. to paddle

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 either group, according to the writer's preference).

Conjugation of pagayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	pagayer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	pagayant /pa.ɡɛ.jɑ̃/ or /pa.ɡe.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		pagayé /pa.ɡɛ.je/ or /pa.ɡe.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	pagaye or pagaie /pa.ɡɛj/ or /pa.ɡɛ/	pagayes or pagaies /pa.ɡɛj/ or /pa.ɡɛ/	pagaye or pagaie /pa.ɡɛj/ or /pa.ɡɛ/	pagayons /pa.ɡɛ.jɔ̃/ or /pa.ɡe.jɔ̃/	pagayez /pa.ɡɛ.je/ or /pa.ɡe.je/	pagayent or pagaient /pa.ɡɛj/ or /pa.ɡɛ/
	imperfect	pagayais /pa.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /pa.ɡe.jɛ/	pagayais /pa.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /pa.ɡe.jɛ/	pagayait /pa.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /pa.ɡe.jɛ/	pagayions /pa.ɡɛj.jɔ̃/	pagayiez /pa.ɡɛj.je/	pagayaient /pa.ɡɛ.jɛ/ or /pa.ɡe.jɛ/
	past historic2	pagayai /pa.ɡɛ.je/ or /pa.ɡe.je/	pagayas /pa.ɡɛ.ja/ or /pa.ɡe.ja/	pagaya /pa.ɡɛ.ja/ or /pa.ɡe.ja/	pagayâmes /pa.ɡɛ.jam/ or /pa.ɡe.jam/	pagayâtes /pa.ɡɛ.jat/ or /pa.ɡe.jat/	pagayèrent /pa.ɡɛ.jɛʁ/ or /pa.ɡe.jɛʁ/
	future	pagayerai or pagaierai /pa.ɡɛj.ʁe/ or /pa.ɡɛ.ʁe/ or /pa.ɡe.ʁe/	pagayeras or pagaieras /pa.ɡɛj.ʁa/ or /pa.ɡɛ.ʁa/ or /pa.ɡe.ʁa/	pagayera or pagaiera /pa.ɡɛj.ʁa/ or /pa.ɡɛ.ʁa/ or /pa.ɡe.ʁa/	pagayerons or pagaierons /pa.ɡɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ɡɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ɡe.ʁɔ̃/	pagayerez or pagaierez /pa.ɡɛj.ʁe/ or /pa.ɡɛ.ʁe/ or /pa.ɡe.ʁe/	pagayeront or pagaieront /pa.ɡɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ɡɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /pa.ɡe.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	pagayerais or pagaierais /pa.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /pa.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ or /pa.ɡe.ʁɛ/	pagayerais or pagaierais /pa.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /pa.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ or /pa.ɡe.ʁɛ/	pagayerait or pagaierait /pa.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /pa.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ or /pa.ɡe.ʁɛ/	pagayerions or pagaierions /pa.ɡɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pa.ɡe.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pa.ɡɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pa.ɡe.ʁjɔ̃/	pagayeriez or pagaieriez /pa.ɡɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /pa.ɡe.jə.ʁje/ or /pa.ɡɛ.ʁje/ or /pa.ɡe.ʁje/	pagayeraient or pagaieraient /pa.ɡɛj.ʁɛ/ or /pa.ɡɛ.ʁɛ/ or /pa.ɡe.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	pagaye or pagaie /pa.ɡɛj/ or /pa.ɡɛ/	pagayes or pagaies /pa.ɡɛj/ or /pa.ɡɛ/	pagaye or pagaie /pa.ɡɛj/ or /pa.ɡɛ/	pagayions /pa.ɡɛj.jɔ̃/	pagayiez /pa.ɡɛj.je/	pagayent or pagaient /pa.ɡɛj/ or /pa.ɡɛ/
	imperfect2	pagayasse /pa.ɡɛ.jas/ or /pa.ɡe.jas/	pagayasses /pa.ɡɛ.jas/ or /pa.ɡe.jas/	pagayât /pa.ɡɛ.ja/ or /pa.ɡe.ja/	pagayassions /pa.ɡɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /pa.ɡe.ja.sjɔ̃/	pagayassiez /pa.ɡɛ.ja.sje/ or /pa.ɡe.ja.sje/	pagayassent /pa.ɡɛ.jas/ or /pa.ɡe.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	pagaye or pagaie /pa.ɡɛj/ or /pa.ɡɛ/	—	pagayons /pa.ɡɛ.jɔ̃/ or /pa.ɡe.jɔ̃/	pagayez /pa.ɡɛ.je/ or /pa.ɡe.je/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• pagaie

Further reading

• “pagayer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.