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forfaire
forfaire
Old French
Verb
forfaire
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. 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 forfaire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | forfaire | avoir forfait | |||||
| gerund | en forfaisant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | forfaisant | ||||||
| past participle | forfait | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | forfaz, forfai | forfais | forfait | forfaimes, forfaisons | forfaites | forfont |
| imperfect | forfaisoie, forfaiseie | forfaisoies, forfaiseies | forfaisoit, forfaiseit | forfaisiiens, forfaisiens | forfaisiiez, forfaisiez | forfaisoient, forfaiseient | |
| preterite | forfis | forfeṣis | forfist | forfeṣimes | forfeṣistes | forfirent | |
| future | forferai | forferas | forfera | forferons | forferoiz, forfereiz, forferez | forferont | |
| conditional | forferoie, forfereie | forferoies, forfereies | forferoit, forfereit | forferiiens, forferiens | forferiiez, forferiez | forferoient, forfereient | |
| 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 | forface | forfaces | forface | forfaciens, forfaçons | forfaciez | forfacent |
| imperfect | forfeṣisse | forfeṣisses | forfeṣist | forfeṣissons, forfeṣissiens | forfeṣissoiz, forfeṣissez, forfeṣissiez | forfeṣissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | forfa | — | forfaimes, forfaisons | forfaites | — | ||
Derived terms
- forfait noun