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macter
macter
Middle French
Etymology
Verb
macter
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of macter
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | macter | avoir macté | |||||
| gerund | en mactant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | mactant | ||||||
| past participle | macté | ||||||
| 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 | macte | mactes | macte | mactons | mactez | mactent |
| imperfect | mactois, mactoys | mactois, mactoys | mactoit, mactoyt | mactions, mactyons | mactiez, mactyez | mactoient, mactoyent | |
| past historic | macta | mactas | macta | mactasmes | mactastes | macterent | |
| future | macterai, macteray | macteras | mactera | macterons | macterez | macteront | |
| conditional | macterois, macteroys | macterois, macteroys | macteroit, macteroyt | macterions, macteryons | macteriez, macteryez | macteroient, macteroyent | |
| 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 | macte | mactes | macte | mactons | mactez | mactent |
| imperfect | mactasse | mactasses | mactast | mactassions | mactassiez | mactassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | macte | — | mactons | mactez | — | ||
Old French
Etymology
Verb
macter
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-cts, *-ctt are modified to cz, ct. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of macter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | macter | avoir macté | |||||
| gerund | en mactant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | mactant | ||||||
| past participle | macté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | mact | mactes | macte | mactons | mactez | mactent |
| imperfect | mactoie, macteie, mactoe, macteve | mactoies, macteies, mactoes, macteves | mactoit, macteit, mactot, macteve | mactiiens, mactiens | mactiiez, mactiez | mactoient, macteient, mactoent, mactevent | |
| preterite | mactai | mactas | macta | mactames | mactastes | macterent | |
| future | macterai | macteras | mactera | macterons | macteroiz, mactereiz, macterez | macteront | |
| conditional | macteroie, mactereie | macteroies, mactereies | macteroit, mactereit | macteriiens, macteriens | macteriiez, macteriez | macteroient, mactereient | |
| 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 | mact | macz | mact | mactons | mactez | mactent |
| imperfect | mactasse | mactasses | mactast | mactissons, mactissiens | mactissoiz, mactissez, mactissiez | mactassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | macte | — | mactons | mactez | — | ||