travayî

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French travailler, from Vulgar Latin *tripāliāre, from Late Latin tripālium (“torture device”). Compare French travailler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʀa.va.jiː/

Verb

travayî

1. to work

Conjugation

   —         —   Conjugation of the verb travayî in Walloon;  —   Codjowaedje do viebe travayî e walon

infinitive	simple	travayî
	compound	aveur + past participle
gerund	simple	travayant
	compound	åyant + past participle
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		travayî		travayeye
		plural		travayîs		travayeyes
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		dji (dj')	ti (t')	i (il) / ele	dji (dj') / nos	vos	i (il)
(simple tenses)	present	travaye	travayes	travaye	travayans	travayîz	travayèt or travaynut
	imperfect	travayîve	travayîves	travayîve	travayéns	travayîz	travayént
	preterite	travaya	travayas	travaya	travayîs	travayîz	travayît
	future	travayrè	travayrès	travayrè	travayrans	travayroz	travayront
	conditional	travayreu	travayreus	travayreu	travayréns	travayrîz	travayrént
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of aveur + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of aveur + past participle
	past anterior	preterite indicative of aveur + past participle
	future perfect	future of aveur + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of aveur + past participle
subjunctive		ki dj'	ki t'	k' i (il) / k' ele	ki dj' / ki nos	ki vos	k' i (il)
(simple tenses)	present	travaye	travayes	travaye	travayanxhe	travayoxhe	travayèxhe or travaynuxhe
	imperfect	travayaxhe	travayanxhes	travayaxhe	travayénxhe	travayîxhe	travayénxhe
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of aveur + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of aveur + past participle
imperative		–	ti	–	dji / nos	vos	–
simple		—	travaye!	—	travayans!	travayez!	—
compound		—	simple imperative of aveur + past participle	—	simple imperative of aveur + past participle	simple imperative of aveur + past participle	—
1 The Walloon gerund is usable only with the preposition tot (Eastern, Southern) or e (Central, Western).
2 The second person plural dji is used in Central and Southern dialects
3 The form -èt/-exhe is used in Eastern and Southern dialects, the form -nut/-nuxhe is used in Central and Western dialects.

Derived terms

• ritravayî
• trava