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desmonter
desmonter
Middle French
Verb
desmonter
- to dismount
- 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais, Livre Second:
- J'entends que les Valachi, courriers du grand Seigneur, font des extremes diligences, d'autant qu'ils ont loy de desmonter le premier passant qu'ils trouvent en leur chemin, en luy donnant leur cheval recreu; et que, pour se garder de lasser, ils se serrent à travers le corps bien estroitement d'une bande large.
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Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of desmonter
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | desmonter | avoir desmonté | |||||
| gerund | en desmontant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | desmontant | ||||||
| past participle | desmonté | ||||||
| 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 | desmonte | desmontes | desmonte | desmontons | desmontez | desmontent |
| imperfect | desmontois, desmontoys | desmontois, desmontoys | desmontoit, desmontoyt | desmontions, desmontyons | desmontiez, desmontyez | desmontoient, desmontoyent | |
| past historic | desmonta | desmontas | desmonta | desmontasmes | desmontastes | desmonterent | |
| future | desmonterai, desmonteray | desmonteras | desmontera | desmonterons | desmonterez | desmonteront | |
| conditional | desmonterois, desmonteroys | desmonterois, desmonteroys | desmonteroit, desmonteroyt | desmonterions, desmonteryons | desmonteriez, desmonteryez | desmonteroient, desmonteroyent | |
| 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 | desmonte | desmontes | desmonte | desmontons | desmontez | desmontent |
| imperfect | desmontasse | desmontasses | desmontast | desmontassions | desmontassiez | desmontassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | desmonte | — | desmontons | desmontez | — | ||
Old French
Verb
desmonter
- (transitive) to cause (someone) to dismount
- Lettre du dauphin Charles, 1364
- Noz ennemis l'ont desmonté de ses chevaulx
- Our enemies knocked him off his horses
- Noz ennemis l'ont desmonté de ses chevaulx
- Lettre du dauphin Charles, 1364
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of desmonter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | desmonter | avoir desmonté | |||||
| gerund | en desmontant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | desmontant | ||||||
| past participle | desmonté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | desmont | desmontes | desmonte | desmontons | desmontez | desmontent |
| imperfect | desmontoie, desmonteie, desmontoe, desmonteve | desmontoies, desmonteies, desmontoes, desmonteves | desmontoit, desmonteit, desmontot, desmonteve | desmontiiens, desmontiens | desmontiiez, desmontiez | desmontoient, desmonteient, desmontoent, desmontevent | |
| preterite | desmontai | desmontas | desmonta | desmontames | desmontastes | desmonterent | |
| future | desmonterai | desmonteras | desmontera | desmonterons | desmonteroiz, desmontereiz, desmonterez | desmonteront | |
| conditional | desmonteroie, desmontereie | desmonteroies, desmontereies | desmonteroit, desmontereit | desmonteriiens, desmonteriens | desmonteriiez, desmonteriez | desmonteroient, desmontereient | |
| 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 | desmont | desmonz | desmont | desmontons | desmontez | desmontent |
| imperfect | desmontasse | desmontasses | desmontast | desmontissons, desmontissiens | desmontissoiz, desmontissez, desmontissiez | desmontassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | desmonte | — | desmontons | desmontez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: dismount (borrowed)