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mengier
mengier
Franco-Provençal
Verb
mengier
- to eat
Conjugation
ORB Supradialectale (Standard Franco-Provençal)| infinitive | mengier | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | mengient | ||||||
| auxiliary | avêr | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | mengiê | mengiêe | |||||
| plural | mengiês | mengiêes | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | je (j') | te (t') | il/el | nos | vos | ils/els | |
| present | menjo | menges | menge | mengens | mengiéds | menjont | |
| imperfect | mengiévo | mengiéves | mengiéve | mengiévans | mengiévâds | mengiévont | |
| preterite | mengié | mengiés | mengiét | mengiens mengiérens |
mengiétes | mengiéront | |
| preterite (-r-) | mengiéro | mengiéres | mengiét | mengiérens | mengiérédes | mengiéront | |
| future | mengieré | mengierés | mengierat | mengierens | mengieréds | mengieront | |
| conditional | mengierê | mengierês | mengierêt | mengierans | mengierâds | mengierant | |
| subjunctive | que je (j') | que te (t') | qu'il/el | que nos | que vos | qu'ils/els | |
| present | menjo | menges | menge | mengens | mengiéds | menjont | |
| present (-a-) | menja | menjas | menge | menjans | mengiéds | menjant | |
| imperfect | mengiésso | mengiésses | mengiésse | mengiéssens | mengiésséds | mengiéssont | |
| imperative | — | te | — | nos | vos | — | |
| affirmative | menge | mengens | mengéds | ||||
| negative | ne menge pâs | ne mengens pâs | ne mengéds pâs | ||||
Noun
mengier m (plural mengiers)
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin manducāre, present active infinitive of manducō.
Verb
mengier
- to eat (consume food)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has a stressed present stem menju distinct from the unstressed stem meng. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of mengier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | mengier | avoir mengié | |||||
| gerund | en menjant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | menjant | ||||||
| past participle | mengié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | menju | menjües | menjüe | menjons | mengiez | menjüent |
| imperfect | menjoie, mengeie, menjoe, mengieve | menjoies, mengeies, menjoes, mengieves | menjoit, mengeit, menjot, mengieve | mengiiens, mengiens | mengiiez, mengiez | menjoient, mengeient, menjoent, mengievent | |
| preterite | menjai | menjas | menja | menjames | menjastes | mengierent | |
| future | mengerai | mengeras | mengera | mengerons | mengeroiz, mengereiz, mengerez | mengeront | |
| conditional | mengeroie, mengereie | mengeroies, mengereies | mengeroit, mengereit | mengeriiens, mengeriens | mengeriiez, mengeriez | mengeroient, mengereient | |
| 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 | menju | menjus | menjut | menjons | mengiez | menjüent |
| imperfect | menjasse | menjasses | menjast | mengissons, mengissiens | mengissoiz, mengissez, mengissiez | menjassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | menjüe | — | menjons | mengiez | — | ||
Noun
mengier m (oblique plural mengiers, nominative singular mengiers, nominative plural mengier)
Descendants
- French: manger