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faindre
faindre
Old French
Verb
faindre
- Alternative form of feindre
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of faindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | faindre | avoir faint | |||||
| gerund | en faignant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | faignant | ||||||
| past participle | faint | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | faing | fainz | faint | faignons | faigniez | faignent |
| imperfect | faignoie, faigneie | faignoies, faigneies | faignoit, faigneit | faigniiens, faigniens | faigniiez, faigniez | faignoient, faigneient | |
| preterite | fains | fainsis | fainst | fainsimes | fainsistes | fainstrent | |
| future | faindrai | faindras | faindra | faindrons | faindroiz, faindreiz, faindrez | faindront | |
| conditional | faindroie, faindreie | faindroies, faindreies | faindroit, faindreit | faindriiens, faindriens | faindriiez, faindriez | faindroient, faindreient | |
| 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 | faigne | faignes | faigne | faigniens, faignons | faigniez | faignent |
| imperfect | fainsisse | fainsisses | fainsist | fainsissons, fainsissiens | fainsissoiz, fainsissez, fainsissiez | fainsissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | faing | — | faignons | faigniez | — | ||