Template talk:fr-conj-ayer

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Slight error in conjugation of French verbs ending in -ayer. Past participle instead of Present Participle, and Present Participle instead of Past participle. Example : essayer. Can someone please check and fix ? --Elkaar 05:32, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Modified. --Elkaar 09:56, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Current text doesn't make sense

The current text says that all -er verbs end in -ayer. The author obviously didn't intend to say that.

What should it say? That all -ayer verbs follow the normal -er rules?

The last sentence is also confusing. Does it keep it's y everywhere or not? If it's not possible to give a yes/no answer to that question, then the template needs to give more information. The current text seems to say "This verb either is or isn't regular". Which isn't very useful. Anyone know their French verbs well enough to fix this? --Gronky (talk) 10:23, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Re: your first two paragraphs: I believe that by "a group of -er verbs, which all end in -ayer" he meant only that said group of -er verbs all end in -ayer, not that all -er verbs end in -ayer. But I definitely see how it's ambiguous. The simplest fix is probably to change , which to  that, but I'll see if I can rework it for maximum clarity.

Re: your last paragraph: Yeah, I see how that's confusing (though if you open the actual table, I think it should quickly become clear). I'll see about rewriting that, too, or at least adding a clarifying example.

—Ruakh_TALK 17:51, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

O.K., I've rewritten it. Let me know what you think. —Ruakh_TALK 18:07, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

Excellent. Very clear. Thanks! Gronky (talk) 17:40, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

You're welcome! —Ruakh_TALK 17:52, 1 December 2013 (UTC)