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Conjugation of lay

lay · laid · laid

Sens
poser
Sens
put down carefully

Verbs with the same pattern are shown below.

Verbes qui se conjuguent comme pay · paid · paid

Indicative

Simple present

Habitudes et faits : she writes every day.

Ilay
youlay
he/she/itlays
welay
theylay

Present continuous

Action en cours maintenant ou autour de maintenant : she is writing.

Iam laying
youare laying
he/she/itis laying
weare laying
theyare laying

Simple past

Action terminée dans le passé : she wrote yesterday.

Ilaid
youlaid
he/she/itlaid
welaid
theylaid

Past continuous

Action en cours dans le passé : she was writing.

Iwas laying
youwere laying
he/she/itwas laying
wewere laying
theywere laying

Present perfect

Passé lié au présent : she has written three pages.

Ihave laid
youhave laid
he/she/ithas laid
wehave laid
theyhave laid

Present perfect continuous

Action qui continue jusqu'à maintenant : she has been writing.

Ihave been laying
youhave been laying
he/she/ithas been laying
wehave been laying
theyhave been laying

Past perfect

Action antérieure à une autre action passée : she had written it.

Ihad laid
youhad laid
he/she/ithad laid
wehad laid
theyhad laid

Past perfect continuous

Durée avant un moment passé : she had been writing.

Ihad been laying
youhad been laying
he/she/ithad been laying
wehad been laying
theyhad been laying

Simple future

Futur avec will : she will write.

Iwill lay
youwill lay
he/she/itwill lay
wewill lay
theywill lay

Future continuous

Action en cours à un moment futur : she will be writing.

Iwill be laying
youwill be laying
he/she/itwill be laying
wewill be laying
theywill be laying

Future perfect

Action terminée avant un moment futur : she will have written.

Iwill have laid
youwill have laid
he/she/itwill have laid
wewill have laid
theywill have laid

Future perfect continuous

Durée avant un moment futur : she will have been writing.

Iwill have been laying
youwill have been laying
he/she/itwill have been laying
wewill have been laying
theywill have been laying

Conditional

Present conditional

Résultat imaginé : she would write.

Iwould lay
youwould lay
he/she/itwould lay
wewould lay
theywould lay

Present continuous conditional

Action imaginée en cours : she would be writing.

Iwould be laying
youwould be laying
he/she/itwould be laying
wewould be laying
theywould be laying

Perfect conditional

Résultat passé imaginé : she would have written.

Iwould have laid
youwould have laid
he/she/itwould have laid
wewould have laid
theywould have laid

Perfect continuous conditional

Durée passée imaginée : she would have been writing.

Iwould have been laying
youwould have been laying
he/she/itwould have been laying
wewould have been laying
theywould have been laying

Imperative

Imperative (you / let's)

Consignes : write; let's write; do not write.

youlay
let'slet's lay
negative youdo not lay
negative let'slet's not lay

Non-finite

Infinitive / to-infinitive

Base verbale et to-infinitive : to write.

lay

Perfect infinitive

Action antérieure après un autre verbe : to have written.

to have laid

Present participle (gerund)

Forme en -ing comme gérondif ou participe : writing.

laying

Past participle

Sert aux temps perfect et à certains adjectifs : written.

laid

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S’entraîner

Indicative · Present continuous

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