poleur

Walloon

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse. Once the intervocalic /-t-/ lenited to zero, an /-l-/ was added to break hiatus, likely by analogy with voleur (“to want”). Compare the /-v-/ added to the French cognate pouvoir (< early medieval poeir).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.ˈløːʀ/

Verb

poleur

1. to can, be able to

Conjugation

   —         —   Conjugation of the verb poleur in Walloon   —   Codjowaedje do viebe poleur e walon

infinitive			poleur
gerund			polant or plant
auxiliary			aveur
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		polou or plou		polowe or plowe
		plural		polous or plous		polowes or plowes
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		dji (dj')	ti (t')	i (il) / ele	dji (dj') / nos	vos	i (il)
	present	pou	pous	pout	polans or plans	poloz or ploz	poulnut, polèt or plèt
	imperfect	poleu or pleu	poleus or pleus	poleut or pleut	poléns or pléns	polîz or plîz	polént or plént
	preterit	pola or pla	polas or plas	pola or pla	polîs or plîs	polîz or plîz	polît or plît
	future	pôrè	pôrès	pôrè	pôrans	pôroz	pôront
	conditional	pôreu	pôreus	pôreut	pôréns	pôrîz	pôrént
subjunctive		ki dj'	ki t'	k' i (il) / k' ele	ki dj' / ki nos	ki vos	k' i (il)
	present	poye	poyes	poye	polanxhe or planxhe	poloxhe or ploxhe	poilnuxhe, polèxhe or plèxhe
	present	polaxhe or plaxhe	polaxhes or plaxhes	polaxhe or plaxhe	polénxhe or plénxhe	polîxhe or plîxhe	polénxhe or plénxhe
imperative		—	ti	—	dji / nos	vos	—
	affirmative		-		-	-