ailler
See also: -ailler
French
Etymology
From ail (“garlic”) + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.je/
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Verb
ailler
- (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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(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
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adverb
ailler
- (dialectal, Trøndelag) Eye dialect spelling of aldri (“never”).
- E ska ailler i live' gjårrå det mer
- I will never do it in (my) life again
- E ska ailler i live' gjårrå det mer
- (dialectal, Trøndelag) Eye dialect spelling of aller (“of all”).
- Det må no væl vårrå denn ailler bæste bil'n åss he kjørt i år a
- This must be the best of all car we have driven this year
- Det må no væl vårrå denn ailler bæste bil'n åss he kjørt i år a
Noun
ailler m
- (dialectal, Trøndelag) Eye dialect spelling of alder (“age”).
- Dem va på såmmå ailler som kjerrenga hass Ola
- They were on the same age as the wife of Ola
- Dem va på såmmå ailler som kjerrenga hass Ola