soustenir
Appearance
Middle French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French soustenir.
Verb
[edit]soustenir
Descendants
[edit]- French: soutenir
Old French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin *sustenīre, from Latin sustinēre.
Verb
[edit]soustenir
Conjugation
[edit]This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem soustien distinct from the unstressed stem sousten, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of soustenir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | soustenir | avoir soustenu | |||||
gerund | en soustenant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | soustenant | ||||||
past participle | soustenu | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | soustieng, soustien | soustiens | soustient | soustenons | soustenez | soustienent |
imperfect | soustenoie, sousteneie | soustenoies, sousteneies | soustenoit, sousteneit | sousteniiens, sousteniens | sousteniiez, sousteniez | soustenoient, sousteneient | |
preterite | soustin | soustenis | soustint | soustenimes | soustenistes | soustindrent, soustinrent | |
future | soustendrai | soustendras | soustendra | soustendrons | soustendroiz, soustendreiz, soustendrez | soustendront | |
conditional | soustendroie, soustendreie | soustendroies, soustendreies | soustendroit, soustendreit | soustendriiens, soustendriens | soustendriiez, soustendriez | soustendroient, soustendreient | |
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 | soustiegne | soustiegnes | soustiegne | soustiegniens, soustiegnons | soustiegniez | soustiegnent |
imperfect | soustenisse | soustenisses | soustenist | soustenissons, soustenissiens | soustenissoiz, soustenissez, soustenissiez | soustenissent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | soustien | — | soustenons | soustenez | — |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (soustenir, supplement)
- sustenir on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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- Middle French terms inherited from Old French
- Middle French terms derived from Old French
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French verbs
- Old French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Old French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Old French terms inherited from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French verbs
- Old French verbs with stem alternations
- Old French verbs with strong-id preterite
- Old French third group verbs
- Old French verbs ending in -ir
- Old French irregular verbs