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confermer
confermer
Middle French
Verb
confermer
- to confirm
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of confermer
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | confermer | avoir confermé | |||||
| gerund | en confermant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | confermant | ||||||
| past participle | confermé | ||||||
| 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 | conferme | confermes | conferme | confermons | confermez | conferment |
| imperfect | confermois, confermoys | confermois, confermoys | confermoit, confermoyt | confermions, confermyons | confermiez, confermyez | confermoient, confermoyent | |
| past historic | conferma | confermas | conferma | confermasmes | confermastes | confermerent | |
| future | confermerai, confermeray | confermeras | confermera | confermerons | confermerez | confermeront | |
| conditional | confermerois, confermeroys | confermerois, confermeroys | confermeroit, confermeroyt | confermerions, confermeryons | confermeriez, confermeryez | confermeroient, confermeroyent | |
| 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 | conferme | confermes | conferme | confermons | confermez | conferment |
| imperfect | confermasse | confermasses | confermast | confermassions | confermassiez | confermassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | conferme | — | confermons | confermez | — | ||
Related terms
Descendants
- French: confirmer
Old French
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin confirmō.
Verb
confermer
- to confirm
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-rms, *-rmt are modified to rs, rt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of confermer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | confermer | avoir confermé | |||||
| gerund | en confermant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | confermant | ||||||
| past participle | confermé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | conferm | confermes | conferme | confermons | confermez | conferment |
| imperfect | confermoie, confermeie, confermoe, confermeve | confermoies, confermeies, confermoes, confermeves | confermoit, confermeit, confermot, confermeve | confermiiens, confermiens | confermiiez, confermiez | confermoient, confermeient, confermoent, confermevent | |
| preterite | confermai | confermas | conferma | confermames | confermastes | confermerent | |
| future | confermerai | confermeras | confermera | confermerons | confermeroiz, confermereiz, confermerez | confermeront | |
| conditional | confermeroie, confermereie | confermeroies, confermereies | confermeroit, confermereit | confermeriiens, confermeriens | confermeriiez, confermeriez | confermeroient, confermereient | |
| 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 | conferm | confers | confert | confermons | confermez | conferment |
| imperfect | confermasse | confermasses | confermast | confermissons, confermissiens | confermissoiz, confermissez, confermissiez | confermassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | conferme | — | confermons | confermez | — | ||