ailler

See also: -ailler

French

Etymology

From ail (“garlic”) +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.je/

Verb

ailler

1. (transitive) to add garlic (to)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ailler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	aillant /a.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		aillé /a.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	aille /aj/	ailles /aj/	aille /aj/	aillons /a.jɔ̃/	aillez /a.je/	aillent /aj/
	imperfect	aillais /a.jɛ/	aillais /a.jɛ/	aillait /a.jɛ/	aillions /aj.jɔ̃/	ailliez /aj.je/	aillaient /a.jɛ/
	past historic2	aillai /a.je/	aillas /a.ja/	ailla /a.ja/	aillâmes /a.jam/	aillâtes /a.jat/	aillèrent /a.jɛʁ/
	future	aillerai /aj.ʁe/	ailleras /aj.ʁa/	aillera /aj.ʁa/	aillerons /aj.ʁɔ̃/	aillerez /aj.ʁe/	ailleront /aj.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	aillerais /aj.ʁɛ/	aillerais /aj.ʁɛ/	aillerait /aj.ʁɛ/	aillerions /a.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	ailleriez /a.jə.ʁje/	ailleraient /aj.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	aille /aj/	ailles /aj/	aille /aj/	aillions /aj.jɔ̃/	ailliez /aj.je/	aillent /aj/
	imperfect2	aillasse /a.jas/	aillasses /a.jas/	aillât /a.ja/	aillassions /a.ja.sjɔ̃/	aillassiez /a.ja.sje/	aillassent /a.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	aille /aj/	—	aillons /a.jɔ̃/	aillez /a.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).

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• allier, raille, raillé, rallie, rallié