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pryer
pryer
Middle French
Etymology
Old French proier, from Latin predico.
Verb
pryer
- to pray
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of pryer
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | pryer | avoir pryé | |||||
| gerund | en pryant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | pryant | ||||||
| past participle | pryé | ||||||
| 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 | prye | pryes | prye | pryons | pryez | pryent |
| imperfect | pryois, pryoys | pryois, pryoys | pryoit, pryoyt | pryions, pryyons | pryiez, pryyez | pryoient, pryoyent | |
| past historic | prya | pryas | prya | pryasmes | pryastes | pryerent | |
| future | pryerai, pryeray | pryeras | pryera | pryerons | pryerez | pryeront | |
| conditional | pryerois, pryeroys | pryerois, pryeroys | pryeroit, pryeroyt | pryerions, pryeryons | pryeriez, pryeryez | pryeroient, pryeroyent | |
| 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 | prye | pryes | prye | pryons | pryez | pryent |
| imperfect | pryasse | pryasses | pryast | pryassions | pryassiez | pryassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | prye | — | pryons | pryez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: prier