Gériez

Gériez is the present subjunctive second-person plural form of the French verb gérer. It is used in subordinate clauses after expressions that require the subjunctive, such as necessity, doubt, or desire. In modern French, you would typically encounter gériez in formal writing or careful speech.

Conjugation and spelling: The present subjunctive forms of the gér- stem are: que je gère, que tu gères, qu’il/elle gère, que nous gérions, que vous gériez, qu’ils/elles gèrent. The form gériez retains the accented e in the stem to preserve the soft pronunciation before the i and to distinguish the spelling from other forms. Related forms include gère for the third person singular and gérions for the first person plural.

Usage notes: Gérer comes from Latin gerere, and gériez is one of several present-subjunctive forms used to express non-assertive or hypothetical actions in subordinate clauses. It appears after expressions that trigger the subjunctive, such as Il faut que, Bien que, ou Pour que. Example: Il faut que vous gériez vos dépenses avec prudence.

Context and variants: In everyday spoken French, speakers often opt for the indicative vous gérez or other constructions rather than the subjunctive, especially in informal contexts. However, gériez remains standard in formal writing and in registers that require the subjunctive mood.