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prosperer
prosperer
See also: prospérer
Middle French
Verb
prosperer
- to prosper
- Elle fut par moy humblement adorée, et requise que son plaisir fust prosperer ma vision. (L’Arcadie-Trad-Massin, translated by M.Vascosan and G.Corrozet, first published 1544, available on Wikisource)
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of prosperer
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | prosperer | avoir prosperé | |||||
| gerund | en prosperant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | prosperant | ||||||
| past participle | prosperé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | prospere | prosperes | prospere | prosperons | prosperez | prosperent |
| imperfect | prosperois, prosperoys | prosperois, prosperoys | prosperoit, prosperoyt | prosperions, prosperyons | prosperiez, prosperyez | prosperoient, prosperoyent | |
| past historic | prospera | prosperas | prospera | prosperasmes | prosperastes | prospererent | |
| future | prospererai, prospereray | prospereras | prosperera | prospererons | prospererez | prospereront | |
| conditional | prospererois, prospereroys | prospererois, prospereroys | prospereroit, prospereroyt | prospererions, prospereryons | prospereriez, prospereryez | prospereroient, prospereroyent | |
| 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 past historic 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | prospere | prosperes | prospere | prosperons | prosperez | prosperent |
| imperfect | prosperasse | prosperasses | prosperast | prosperassions | prosperassiez | prosperassent | |
| 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 | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | prospere | — | prosperons | prosperez | — | ||
Old French
Verb
prosperer
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of prosperer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | prosperer | avoir prosperé | |||||
| gerund | en prosperant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | prosperant | ||||||
| past participle | prosperé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | prosper | prosperes | prospere | prosperons | prosperez | prosperent |
| imperfect | prosperoie, prospereie, prosperoe, prospereve | prosperoies, prospereies, prosperoes, prospereves | prosperoit, prospereit, prosperot, prospereve | prosperiiens, prosperiens | prosperiiez, prosperiez | prosperoient, prospereient, prosperoent, prosperevent | |
| preterite | prosperai | prosperas | prospera | prosperames | prosperastes | prospererent | |
| future | prospererai | prospereras | prosperera | prospererons | prospereroiz, prosperereiz, prospererez | prospereront | |
| conditional | prospereroie, prosperereie | prospereroies, prosperereies | prospereroit, prosperereit | prospereriiens, prospereriens | prospereriiez, prospereriez | prospereroient, prosperereient | |
| 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 | prosper | prospers | prospert | prosperons | prosperez | prosperent |
| imperfect | prosperasse | prosperasses | prosperast | prosperissons, prosperissiens | prosperissoiz, prosperissez, prosperissiez | prosperassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | prospere | — | prosperons | prosperez | — | ||