aérer

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

aérer

1. to air, to aerate

Conjugation

• This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written ‘é’) and /ɛ/ (written ‘è’), with the latter being used before mute ‘e’.
• One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written aérer-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written aèrer-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.

   Conjugation of aérer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		aérer			avoir or être aéré
gerund		en aérant			Use the gerund of avoir or être followed by the past participle
present participle		aérant
past participle		aéré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	aère	aères	aère	aérons	aérez	aèrent
	imperfect	aérais	aérais	aérait	aérions	aériez	aéraient
	past historic1	aérai	aéras	aéra	aérâmes	aérâtes	aérèrent
	future	aèrerai or aérerai	aèreras or aéreras	aèrera or aérera	aèrerons or aérerons	aèrerez or aérerez	aèreront or aéreront
	conditional	aèrerais or aérerais	aèrerais or aérerais	aèrerait or aérerait	aèrerions or aérerions	aèreriez or aéreriez	aèreraient or aéreraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	aère	aères	aère	aérions	aériez	aèrent
	imperfect1	aérasse	aérasses	aérât	aérassions	aérassiez	aérassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	aère	—	aérons	aérez	—
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