espondre

Old French

Etymology

From Latin expōnere.

Verb

espondre

1. to tell, to recount (a story, events, etc.)
2. to explain

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of espondre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		espondre			avoir espons, espos, espost, esponu, espondu
gerund		en esponant, espondant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		esponant, espondant
past participle		espons, espos, espost, esponu, espondu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	espoing	espons	espont, esponst	esponons, espondons	esponez, espondez	esponent, espondent
	imperfect	esponoie, esponeie	esponoies, esponeies	esponoit, esponeit	esponiiens, esponiens	esponiiez, esponiez	esponoient, esponeient
	preterite	espos, espons, esponi	esposis, esponsis, esponis	espost, esponst, esponié	esposimes, esponsimes, esponimes	esposistes, esponsistes, esponistes	espostrent, esponstrent, esponierent
	future	espondrai	espondras	espondra	espondrons	espondroiz, espondreiz, espondrez	espondront
	conditional	espondroie, espondreie	espondroies, espondreies	espondroit, espondreit	espondriiens, espondriens	espondriiez, espondriez	espondroient, espondreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	espoigne, esponde, esponge	espoignes, espondes, esponges	espoigne, esponde, esponge	espoigniens, espoignons, espondons, espongiens, esponjons	espoigniez, espondez, espongiez	espoignent, espondent, espongent
	imperfect	esposisse, esponsisse, esponisse	esposisses, esponsisses, esponisses	esposist, esponsist, esponist	esposissons, esposissiens, esponsissons, esponsissiens, esponissons, esponissiens	esposissoiz, esposissez, esposissiez, esponsissoiz, esponsissez, esponsissiez, esponissoiz, esponissez, esponissiez	esposissent, esponsissent, esponissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	espon	—	esponons	esponez	—

Descendants

• English: expound