French verb effrayer - French for frighten. Daily French Verb Lesson

Daily Verb Lesson: French for frighten is effrayer

The French for frighten is the irregular ER verb effrayer.
To remember this, imagine you are frightened by the FRAYED rope!

Bégayer can also mean: to scare, to alarm, to put someone off.
Related words include:
  - s'effrayer (vr) : to be frightened, to be scared.
  - effrayant (adj) : frightening, dreadful, terrible, chilling, fearsome.
  - l'effraie (nf) : barn/screech owl.

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, payer, pagayer, surpayer, balayer.
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to frighten: effrayer
Imagine you are frightened by the FRAYED rope!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE effrayer
Simple Tenses effrayer Present Participle: *effrayant*
TENSE	je/j'	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent frighten	effraie effraye	effraies effrayes	effraie effraye	effrayons	effrayez	effraient effrayent
Past Imperfect Imparfait frightened	effrayais	effrayais	effrayait	effrayions	effrayiez	effrayaient
Simple Past Passé Simple frightened	effrayai	effrayas	effraya	effrayâmes	effrayâtes	effrayèrent
Future Futur will frighten	effraierai effrayerai	effraieras effrayeras	effraiera effrayera	effraierons effrayerons	effraierez effrayerez	effraieront effrayeront
Conditional Conditionnel would frighten	effraierais effrayerais	effraierais effrayerais	effraierait effrayerait	effraierions effrayerions	effraieriez effrayeriez	effraieraient effrayeraient
Present Subjunctive Subjonctif may frighten	effraie effraye	effraies effrayes	effraie effraye	effrayions	effrayiez	effraient effrayent
Compound Tenses effrayer Past Participle: *effrayé*
Present Perfect Passé Composé have frightened	ai sureffrayé	as sureffrayé	a effrayé	avons effrayé	avez effrayé	ont effrayé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had frightened	avais effrayé	avais effrayé	avait effrayé	avions effrayé	aviez effrayé	avaient effrayé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have frightened	aurai effrayé	auras effrayé	aura effrayé	aurons effrayé	aurez effrayé	auront effrayé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would've frightened	aurais effrayé	aurais effrayé	aurait effrayé	aurions effrayé	auriez effrayé	auraient effrayé
Imperative Imperatif frighten!		effraie! effraye !		effrayons !	effrayez !

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