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couster
couster
Middle French
Verb
couster
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of couster
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | couster | avoir cousté | |||||
| gerund | en coustant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | coustant | ||||||
| past participle | cousté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | couste | coustes | couste | coustons | coustez | coustent |
| imperfect | coustois, coustoys | coustois, coustoys | coustoit, coustoyt | coustions, coustyons | coustiez, coustyez | coustoient, coustoyent | |
| past historic | cousta | coustas | cousta | coustasmes | coustastes | cousterent | |
| future | cousterai, cousteray | cousteras | coustera | cousterons | cousterez | cousteront | |
| conditional | cousterois, cousteroys | cousterois, cousteroys | cousteroit, cousteroyt | cousterions, cousteryons | cousteriez, cousteryez | cousteroient, cousteroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | couste | coustes | couste | coustons | coustez | coustent |
| imperfect | coustasse | coustasses | coustast | coustassions | coustassiez | coustassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | couste | — | coustons | coustez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: coûter
Old French
Verb
couster
- Alternative form of coster
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of couster (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | couster | avoir cousté | |||||
| gerund | en coustant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | coustant | ||||||
| past participle | cousté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | coust | coustes | couste | coustons | coustez | coustent |
| imperfect | coustoie, cousteie, coustoe, cousteve | coustoies, cousteies, coustoes, cousteves | coustoit, cousteit, coustot, cousteve | coustiiens, coustiens | coustiiez, coustiez | coustoient, cousteient, coustoent, coustevent | |
| preterite | coustai | coustas | cousta | coustames | coustastes | cousterent | |
| future | cousterai | cousteras | coustera | cousterons | cousteroiz, coustereiz, cousterez | cousteront | |
| conditional | cousteroie, coustereie | cousteroies, coustereies | cousteroit, coustereit | cousteriiens, cousteriens | cousteriiez, cousteriez | cousteroient, coustereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | coust | couz | coust | coustons | coustez | coustent |
| imperfect | coustasse | coustasses | coustast | coustissons, coustissiens | coustissoiz, coustissez, coustissiez | coustassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | couste | — | coustons | coustez | — | ||