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paindre
paindre
Old French
Verb
paindre
- Alternative form of peindre
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. 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 paindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | paindre | avoir paint | |||||
| gerund | en paignant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | paignant | ||||||
| past participle | paint | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | paing | painz | paint | paignons | paigniez | paignent |
| imperfect | paignoie, paigneie | paignoies, paigneies | paignoit, paigneit | paigniiens, paigniens | paigniiez, paigniez | paignoient, paigneient | |
| preterite | pains | painsis | painst | painsimes | painsistes | painstrent | |
| future | paindrai | paindras | paindra | paindrons | paindroiz, paindreiz, paindrez | paindront | |
| conditional | paindroie, paindreie | paindroies, paindreies | paindroit, paindreit | paindriiens, paindriens | paindriiez, paindriez | paindroient, paindreient | |
| 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 | paigne | paignes | paigne | paigniens, paignons | paigniez | paignent |
| imperfect | painsisse | painsisses | painsist | painsissons, painsissiens | painsissoiz, painsissez, painsissiez | painsissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | paing | — | paignons | paigniez | — | ||