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escouter
escouter
Middle French
Verb
escouter
- to listen (to)
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of escouter
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | escouter | avoir escouté | |||||
| gerund | en escoutant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | escoutant | ||||||
| past participle | escouté | ||||||
| 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 | escoute | escoutes | escoute | escoutons | escoutez | escoutent |
| imperfect | escoutois, escoutoys | escoutois, escoutoys | escoutoit, escoutoyt | escoutions, escoutyons | escoutiez, escoutyez | escoutoient, escoutoyent | |
| past historic | escouta | escoutas | escouta | escoutasmes | escoutastes | escouterent | |
| future | escouterai, escouteray | escouteras | escoutera | escouterons | escouterez | escouteront | |
| conditional | escouterois, escouteroys | escouterois, escouteroys | escouteroit, escouteroyt | escouterions, escouteryons | escouteriez, escouteryez | escouteroient, escouteroyent | |
| 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 | escoute | escoutes | escoute | escoutons | escoutez | escoutent |
| imperfect | escoutasse | escoutasses | escoutast | escoutassions | escoutassiez | escoutassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | escoute | — | escoutons | escoutez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: écouter
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *ascultāre, from Latin auscultāre, present active infinitive of auscultō (“I listen”).
Verb
escouter
- to listen (to)
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 escouter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | escouter | avoir escouté | |||||
| gerund | en escoutant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | escoutant | ||||||
| past participle | escouté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | escout | escoutes | escoute | escoutons | escoutez | escoutent |
| imperfect | escoutoie, escouteie, escoutoe, escouteve | escoutoies, escouteies, escoutoes, escouteves | escoutoit, escouteit, escoutot, escouteve | escoutiiens, escoutiens | escoutiiez, escoutiez | escoutoient, escouteient, escoutoent, escoutevent | |
| preterite | escoutai | escoutas | escouta | escoutames | escoutastes | escouterent | |
| future | escouterai | escouteras | escoutera | escouterons | escouteroiz, escoutereiz, escouterez | escouteront | |
| conditional | escouteroie, escoutereie | escouteroies, escoutereies | escouteroit, escoutereit | escouteriiens, escouteriens | escouteriiez, escouteriez | escouteroient, escoutereient | |
| 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 | escout | escouz | escout | escoutons | escoutez | escoutent |
| imperfect | escoutasse | escoutasses | escoutast | escoutissons, escoutissiens | escoutissoiz, escoutissez, escoutissiez | escoutassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | escoute | — | escoutons | escoutez | — | ||