Daily Verb Lesson: French for sweep (up) is balayer
The French for sweep is the irregular ER verb balayer.To remember this, imagine the man with a big BELLY is sweeping up!
Balayer can also mean: to sweep across/away; to brush aside; to scan.
Related words include:
- la balayette (nf) : brush (short-handled).
- le balayage (nm) : sweeping.
- se faire un balayage : to have highlights put in hair.
With some ER verbs ending in -ayer it is optional to replace the y with an i before a silent syllable. Examples of this family of verb conjugations: bégayer, délayer, effrayer, embrayer, enrayer, pagayer, surpayer.
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Imagine the man with the big BELLY is sweeping up!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent sweep |
balaie balaye |
balaies balayes |
balaie balaye |
balayons | balayez | balaient balayent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait swept |
balayais | balayais | balayait | balayions | balayiez | balayaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple swept |
balayai | balayas | balaya | balayâmes | balayâtes | balayèrent |
| Future Futur will sweep |
balaierai balayerai |
balaieras balayeras |
balaiera balayera |
balaierons balayerons |
balaierez balayerez |
balaieront balayeront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would sweep |
balaierais balayerais |
balaierais balayerais |
balaierait balayerait |
balaierions balayerions |
balaieriez balayeriez |
balaieraient balayeraient |
| Present Subjunctive Subjonctif may sweep |
balaie balaye |
balaies balayes |
balaie balaye |
balayions | balayiez | balaient balayent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have swept |
ai balayé | as balayé | a balayé | avons balayé | avez balayé | ont balayé |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had swept |
avais balayé | avais balayé | avait balayé | avions balayé | aviez balayé | avaient balayé |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have swept |
aurai balayé | auras balayé | aura balayé | aurons balayé | aurez balayé | auront balayé |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have swept |
aurais balayé | aurais balayé | aurait balayé | aurions balayé | auriez balayé | auraient balayé |
| Imperative Imperatif sweep! |
balaie! balaye ! |
balayons ! | balayez ! | |||
✔ balayer is an irregular ER verb.
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