reconter

Old French

Alternative forms

• recunter
• recounter

Etymology

re- +‎ conter

Verb

reconter

1. to tell; to retell (a story)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		reconter			avoir reconté
gerund		en recontant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		recontant
past participle		reconté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	recont	recontes	reconte	recontons	recontez	recontent
	imperfect	recontoie, reconteie, recontoe, reconteve	recontoies, reconteies, recontoes, reconteves	recontoit, reconteit, recontot, reconteve	recontiiens, recontiens	recontiiez, recontiez	recontoient, reconteient, recontoent, recontevent
	preterite	recontai	recontas	reconta	recontames	recontastes	reconterent
	future	reconterai	reconteras	recontera	reconterons	reconteroiz, recontereiz, reconterez	reconteront
	conditional	reconteroie, recontereie	reconteroies, recontereies	reconteroit, recontereit	reconteriiens, reconteriens	reconteriiez, reconteriez	reconteroient, recontereient
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	recont	reconz	recont	recontons	recontez	recontent
	imperfect	recontasse	recontasses	recontast	recontissons, recontissiens	recontissoiz, recontissez, recontissiez	recontassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	reconte	—	recontons	recontez	—

Synonyms

• conter

Descendants

• English: recount
• French: raconter