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demener
demener
Old French
Verb
demener
- (transitive) to lead (a battle, a mission, etc.)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. It has two stems, a unstressed one in -men- that appears in most forms and a stressed one in -mein- (also -main-) that appears in parts of the present indicative, subjunctive and imperative. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of demener (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | demener | avoir demené | |||||
| gerund | en demenant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | demenant | ||||||
| past participle | demené | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | demein, demain | demeines, demaines | demeine, demaine | demenons | demenez | demeinent, demainent |
| imperfect | demenoie, demeneie, demenoe, demeneve | demenoies, demeneies, demenoes, demeneves | demenoit, demeneit, demenot, demeneve | demeniiens, demeniens | demeniiez, demeniez | demenoient, demeneient, demenoent, demenevent | |
| preterite | demenai | demenas | demena | demenames | demenastes | demenerent | |
| future | demenerai | demeneras | demenera | demenerons | demeneroiz, demenereiz, demenerez | demeneront | |
| conditional | demeneroie, demenereie | demeneroies, demenereies | demeneroit, demenereit | demeneriiens, demeneriens | demeneriiez, demeneriez | demeneroient, demenereient | |
| 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 | demein, demain | demeins, demains | demeint, demaint | demenons | demenez | demeinent, demainent |
| imperfect | demenasse | demenasses | demenast | demenissons, demenissiens | demenissoiz, demenissez, demenissiez | demenassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | demeine, demaine | — | demenons | demenez | — | ||