verdoyer
French
Etymology
vert + -oyer. Compare Italian verdeggiare, Spanish verdear, Catalan and Portuguese verdejar.
Pronunciation
Verb
verdoyer
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 verdoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | verdoyer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | verdoyant /vɛʁ.dwa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | verdoyé /vɛʁ.dwa.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | verdoie /vɛʁ.dwa/ |
verdoies /vɛʁ.dwa/ |
verdoie /vɛʁ.dwa/ |
verdoyons /vɛʁ.dwa.jɔ̃/ |
verdoyez /vɛʁ.dwa.je/ |
verdoient /vɛʁ.dwa/ |
| imperfect | verdoyais /vɛʁ.dwa.jɛ/ |
verdoyais /vɛʁ.dwa.jɛ/ |
verdoyait /vɛʁ.dwa.jɛ/ |
verdoyions /vɛʁ.dwaj.jɔ̃/ |
verdoyiez /vɛʁ.dwaj.je/ |
verdoyaient /vɛʁ.dwa.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | verdoyai /vɛʁ.dwa.je/ |
verdoyas /vɛʁ.dwa.ja/ |
verdoya /vɛʁ.dwa.ja/ |
verdoyâmes /vɛʁ.dwa.jam/ |
verdoyâtes /vɛʁ.dwa.jat/ |
verdoyèrent /vɛʁ.dwa.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | verdoierai /vɛʁ.dwa.ʁe/ |
verdoieras /vɛʁ.dwa.ʁa/ |
verdoiera /vɛʁ.dwa.ʁa/ |
verdoierons /vɛʁ.dwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
verdoierez /vɛʁ.dwa.ʁe/ |
verdoieront /vɛʁ.dwa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | verdoierais /vɛʁ.dwa.ʁɛ/ |
verdoierais /vɛʁ.dwa.ʁɛ/ |
verdoierait /vɛʁ.dwa.ʁɛ/ |
verdoierions /vɛʁ.dwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
verdoieriez /vɛʁ.dwa.ʁje/ |
verdoieraient /vɛʁ.dwa.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 | verdoie /vɛʁ.dwa/ |
verdoies /vɛʁ.dwa/ |
verdoie /vɛʁ.dwa/ |
verdoyions /vɛʁ.dwaj.jɔ̃/ |
verdoyiez /vɛʁ.dwaj.je/ |
verdoient /vɛʁ.dwa/ |
| imperfect2 | verdoyasse /vɛʁ.dwa.jas/ |
verdoyasses /vɛʁ.dwa.jas/ |
verdoyât /vɛʁ.dwa.ja/ |
verdoyassions /vɛʁ.dwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
verdoyassiez /vɛʁ.dwa.ja.sje/ |
verdoyassent /vɛʁ.dwa.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | verdoie /vɛʁ.dwa/ |
— | verdoyons /vɛʁ.dwa.jɔ̃/ |
verdoyez /vɛʁ.dwa.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
- “verdoyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.