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demorer
demorer
Old French
Etymology
Vulgar Latin dēmorō, from the Classical Latin deponent verb dēmorior
Verb
demorer
- to stay; to remain
- circa 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
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En ceste ille, porqoi demores?
- Why are you staying on this island?
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En ceste ille, porqoi demores?
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has a stressed present stem demuer distinct from the unstressed stem demor. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of demorer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | demorer | avoir demoré | |||||
| gerund | en demorant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | demorant | ||||||
| past participle | demoré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | demuer | demueres | demuere | demorons | demorez | demuerent |
| imperfect | demoroie, demoreie, demoroe, demoreve | demoroies, demoreies, demoroes, demoreves | demoroit, demoreit, demorot, demoreve | demoriiens, demoriens | demoriiez, demoriez | demoroient, demoreient, demoroent, demorevent | |
| preterite | demorai | demoras | demora | demorames | demorastes | demorerent | |
| future | demorerai | demoreras | demorera | demorerons | demoreroiz, demorereiz, demorerez | demoreront | |
| conditional | demoreroie, demorereie | demoreroies, demorereies | demoreroit, demorereit | demoreriiens, demoreriens | demoreriiez, demoreriez | demoreroient, demorereient | |
| 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 | demuer | demuers | demuert | demorons | demorez | demuerent |
| imperfect | demorasse | demorasses | demorast | demorissons, demorissiens | demorissoiz, demorissez, demorissiez | demorassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | demuere | — | demorons | demorez | — | ||