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membrer
membrer
Old French
Alternative forms
- mambrer
- manbrer
- menbrer
Verb
membrer
- (reflexive, se membrer) to remember; to reflect back on
- circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 220 (of the Champion Classiques edition, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4), line 2895:
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Del convenant vus deit membrer
- You must remember the convenant
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Del convenant vus deit membrer
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of membrer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | membrer | avoir membré | |||||
| gerund | en membrant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | membrant | ||||||
| past participle | membré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | membre | membres | membre | membrons | membrez | membrent |
| imperfect | membroie, membreie, membroe, membreve | membroies, membreies, membroes, membreves | membroit, membreit, membrot, membreve | membriiens, membriens | membriiez, membriez | membroient, membreient, membroent, membrevent | |
| preterite | membrai | membras | membra | membrames | membrastes | membrerent | |
| future | membrerai | membreras | membrera | membrerons | membreroiz, membrereiz, membrerez | membreront | |
| conditional | membreroie, membrereie | membreroies, membrereies | membreroit, membrereit | membreriiens, membreriens | membreriiez, membreriez | membreroient, membrereient | |
| 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 | membre | membres | membre | membrons | membrez | membrent |
| imperfect | membrasse | membrasses | membrast | membrissons, membrissiens | membrissoiz, membrissez, membrissiez | membrassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | membre | — | membrons | membrez | — | ||