sospirer

Old French

Verb

sospirer

1. Alternative form of souspirer
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     La pucele plore et sospire

     The young lady cried, and sighed.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		sospirer			avoir sospiré
gerund		en sospirant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		sospirant
past participle		sospiré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	sospir	sospires	sospire	sospirons	sospirez	sospirent
	imperfect	sospiroie, sospireie, sospiroe, sospireve	sospiroies, sospireies, sospiroes, sospireves	sospiroit, sospireit, sospirot, sospireve	sospiriiens, sospiriens	sospiriiez, sospiriez	sospiroient, sospireient, sospiroent, sospirevent
	preterite	sospirai	sospiras	sospira	sospirames	sospirastes	sospirerent
	future	sospirerai	sospireras	sospirera	sospirerons	sospireroiz, sospirereiz, sospirerez	sospireront
	conditional	sospireroie, sospirereie	sospireroies, sospirereies	sospireroit, sospirereit	sospireriiens, sospireriens	sospireriiez, sospireriez	sospireroient, sospirereient
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	sospir	sospirs	sospirt	sospirons	sospirez	sospirent
	imperfect	sospirasse	sospirasses	sospirast	sospirissons, sospirissiens	sospirissoiz, sospirissez, sospirissiez	sospirassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	sospire	—	sospirons	sospirez	—