mectre

Middle French

Verb

mectre

1. Alternative form of mettre

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of mectre

infinitive	simple	mectre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	mectant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		mis
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	mets	mets	met	mectons	mectez	mectent
	imperfect	mectois, mectoys	mectois, mectoys	mectoit, mectoyt	mections	mectiez	mectoient, mectoyent
	past historic	mis	mis	mit	mismes	mistes	mirent
	future	mectroie, mectroye	mectras	mectra	mectrons	mectrez	mectront
	conditional	mectrois, mectroys	mectrois, mectroys	mectroit, mectroyt	mectrions	mectriez	mectroient, mectroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	mecte	mectes	mecte	mections	mectiez	menctent
	imperfect	misse	misses	mist	missions	missiez	missent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	mets	—	mectons	mectez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).