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espondre
espondre
Old French
Verb
espondre
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of espondre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | espondre | avoir espons, espos, espost, esponu, espondu | |||||
| gerund | en esponant, espondant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | esponant, espondant | ||||||
| past participle | espons, espos, espost, esponu, espondu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | espoing | espons | espont, esponst | esponons, espondons | esponez, espondez | esponent, espondent |
| imperfect | esponoie, esponeie | esponoies, esponeies | esponoit, esponeit | esponiiens, esponiens | esponiiez, esponiez | esponoient, esponeient | |
| preterite | espos, espons, esponi | esposis, esponsis, esponis | espost, esponst, esponié | esposimes, esponsimes, esponimes | esposistes, esponsistes, esponistes | espostrent, esponstrent, esponierent | |
| future | espondrai | espondras | espondra | espondrons | espondroiz, espondreiz, espondrez | espondront | |
| conditional | espondroie, espondreie | espondroies, espondreies | espondroit, espondreit | espondriiens, espondriens | espondriiez, espondriez | espondroient, espondreient | |
| 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 | espoigne, esponde, esponge | espoignes, espondes, esponges | espoigne, esponde, esponge | espoigniens, espoignons, espondons, espongiens, esponjons | espoigniez, espondez, espongiez | espoignent, espondent, espongent |
| imperfect | esposisse, esponsisse, esponisse | esposisses, esponsisses, esponisses | esposist, esponsist, esponist | esposissons, esposissiens, esponsissons, esponsissiens, esponissons, esponissiens | esposissoiz, esposissez, esposissiez, esponsissoiz, esponsissez, esponsissiez, esponissoiz, esponissez, esponissiez | esposissent, esponsissent, esponissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | espon | — | esponons | esponez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: expound