Use Your Conjugation Skills On Employer

How would you say to use in French? If you answered with  employer, then you are correct. Its a simple word and one that we use all the time in English, though it most commonly refers to our work or job. Yet, we also employ the use of tools and other things to help us out. Its time to employ your verb conjugation skills for a quick lesson on  employer.   Conjugating the French Verb  Employer Employer  is a  stem-changing verb, which is common with verbs that end in  -yer. Throughout the conjugations, you will notice that the Y often changes to an I and that is to retain the correct pronunciation as various endings are added. Other than that small change, these conjugations are relatively simple. If youve worked with a few verbs before, then you should recognize some patterns here. In French, verb conjugations help us make sense of our sentences. They tell us which endings to add to the verb stem in order to match the appropriate tense to the subject pronoun. For example, I use becomes jemploie while we will use is nous emploierons. Did you notice the stem change? When practicing these in context, its a good idea to write them down at the same time. This will help you memorize the spelling for each conjugation. Subject Present Future Imperfect j emploie emploierai employais tu emploies emploieras employais il emploie emploiera employait nous employons emploierons employions vous employez emploierez employiez ils emploient emploieront employaient The Present Participle of  Employer The  present participle  of  employer  is  employant.  It acts as an adjective, gerund, or noun in many circumstances, though it most often remains a verb. The Past Participle and Passà © Composà © The  passà © composà ©Ã‚  is a common way to express the past tense used in French. To construct it, attach the  past participle  employà ©Ã‚  to the conjugate of  avoir  (an  auxiliary verb)  and the subject pronoun. For instance, I used is jai employà © while we used is nous avons employà ©. More Simple  Employer  Conjugations There will be times when the action of using is subjective or uncertain. For these, the subjunctive verb form is quite useful. In a similar fashion, the conditional verb mood is used when the action is dependent --  if  this happens,  then  something will be used. The passà © simple is primarily found in literature, so you may not see or use it often. The same is true for the imperfect subjunctive. However, its a good idea to be familiar with these anyway. Subject Subjunctive Conditional Pass Simple Imperfect Subjunctive j emploie emploierais employai employasse tu emploies emploierais employas employasses il emploie emploierait employa employt nous employions emploierions employmes employassions vous employiez emploieriez employtes employassiez ils emploient emploieraient employrent employassent For short, direct statements that request or demand, use the imperative form of  employer. When doing so, theres no need to include the subject pronoun: use emploie rather than tu emploie. Imperative (tu) emploie (nous) employons (vous) employez