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flater
flater
Old French
Verb
flater
Derived terms
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 flater (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | flater | avoir flaté | |||||
| gerund | en flatant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | flatant | ||||||
| past participle | flaté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | flat | flates | flate | flatons | flatez | flatent |
| imperfect | flatoie, flateie, flatoe, flateve | flatoies, flateies, flatoes, flateves | flatoit, flateit, flatot, flateve | flatiiens, flatiens | flatiiez, flatiez | flatoient, flateient, flatoent, flatevent | |
| preterite | flatai | flatas | flata | flatames | flatastes | flaterent | |
| future | flaterai | flateras | flatera | flaterons | flateroiz, flatereiz, flaterez | flateront | |
| conditional | flateroie, flatereie | flateroies, flatereies | flateroit, flatereit | flateriiens, flateriens | flateriiez, flateriez | flateroient, flatereient | |
| 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 | flat | flaz | flat | flatons | flatez | flatent |
| imperfect | flatasse | flatasses | flatast | flatissons, flatissiens | flatissoiz, flatissez, flatissiez | flatassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | flate | — | flatons | flatez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: to flatter
- French: flatter
- Norman: fliatter