choyer
French
Etymology
From Old French chuer, Old French chouyer, of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
Verb
choyer
- (transitive) to cherish, pamper, coddle (care for with affection and tenderness)
- (transitive) to hold in great esteem, revere, going to great lengths to demonstrate this
- (transitive) to cherish, treasure, conserve with great care
Conjugation
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.
Conjugation of choyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | choyer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | choyant /ʃwa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | choyé /ʃwa.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | choie /ʃwa/ |
choies /ʃwa/ |
choie /ʃwa/ |
choyons /ʃwa.jɔ̃/ |
choyez /ʃwa.je/ |
choient /ʃwa/ |
| imperfect | choyais /ʃwa.jɛ/ |
choyais /ʃwa.jɛ/ |
choyait /ʃwa.jɛ/ |
choyions /ʃwaj.jɔ̃/ |
choyiez /ʃwaj.je/ |
choyaient /ʃwa.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | choyai /ʃwa.je/ |
choyas /ʃwa.ja/ |
choya /ʃwa.ja/ |
choyâmes /ʃwa.jam/ |
choyâtes /ʃwa.jat/ |
choyèrent /ʃwa.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | choierai /ʃwa.ʁe/ |
choieras /ʃwa.ʁa/ |
choiera /ʃwa.ʁa/ |
choierons /ʃwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
choierez /ʃwa.ʁe/ |
choieront /ʃwa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | choierais /ʃwa.ʁɛ/ |
choierais /ʃwa.ʁɛ/ |
choierait /ʃwa.ʁɛ/ |
choierions /ʃwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
choieriez /ʃwa.ʁje/ |
choieraient /ʃwa.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 | choie /ʃwa/ |
choies /ʃwa/ |
choie /ʃwa/ |
choyions /ʃwaj.jɔ̃/ |
choyiez /ʃwaj.je/ |
choient /ʃwa/ |
| imperfect2 | choyasse /ʃwa.jas/ |
choyasses /ʃwa.jas/ |
choyât /ʃwa.ja/ |
choyassions /ʃwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
choyassiez /ʃwa.ja.sje/ |
choyassent /ʃwa.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | choie /ʃwa/ |
— | choyons /ʃwa.jɔ̃/ |
choyez /ʃwa.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “choyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.