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guarantir
guarantir
Old French
Alternative forms
- garantir
- warantir
Verb
guarantir
- to protect
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of guarantir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | guarantir | avoir guaranti | |||||
| gerund | en guarantissant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | guarantissant | ||||||
| past participle | guaranti | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | guarantis | guarantis | guarantist | guarantissons | guarantissez | guarantissent |
| imperfect | guarantissoie, guarantisseie | guarantissoies, guarantisseies | guarantissoit, guarantisseit | guarantissiiens, guarantissiens | guarantissiiez, guarantissiez | guarantissoient, guarantisseient | |
| preterite | guaranti | guarantis | guaranti | guarantimes | guarantistes | guarantirent | |
| future | guarantirai | guarantiras | guarantira | guarantirons | guarantiroiz, guarantireiz, guarantirez | guarantiront | |
| conditional | guarantiroie, guarantireie | guarantiroies, guarantireies | guarantiroit, guarantireit | guarantiriiens, guarantiriens | guarantiriiez, guarantiriez | guarantiroient, guarantireient | |
| 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 | guarantisse | guarantisses | guarantisse | guarantissons | guarantissez | guarantissent |
| imperfect | guarantisse | guarantisses | guarantist | guarantissons, guarantissiens | guarantissoiz, guarantissez, guarantissiez | guarantissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | guarantis | — | guarantissons | guarantissez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: guarantee, warrant (through the Old Northern French/Anglo-Norman variant warantir)
- French: garantir
Derived terms
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (garantir, supplement)