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mesprendre
mesprendre
Old French
Verb
mesprendre
- To misunderstand
- circa 1170, Yvain ou le Chevalier au Lion:
- Vous estes roys, si vous devés
Garder de tort et de mesprendre.
- Vous estes roys, si vous devés
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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 mesprendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | mesprendre | avoir mespris | |||||
| gerund | en mesprenant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | mesprenant | ||||||
| past participle | mespris | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | mespreing, mespren | mesprenz | mesprent | mesprenons | mesprenez | mesprenent |
| imperfect | mesprenoie, mespreneie | mesprenoies, mespreneies | mesprenoit, mespreneit | mespreniiens, mespreniens | mespreniiez, mespreniez | mesprenoient, mespreneient | |
| preterite | mespris | mespreṣis | mesprist | mespreṣimes | mespreṣistes | mesprisdrent | |
| future | mesprendrai | mesprendras | mesprendra | mesprendrons | mesprendroiz, mesprendreiz, mesprendrez | mesprendront | |
| conditional | mesprendroie, mesprendreie | mesprendroies, mesprendreies | mesprendroit, mesprendreit | mesprendriiens, mesprendriens | mesprendriiez, mesprendriez | mesprendroient, mesprendreient | |
| 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 | mespreigne | mespreignes | mespreigne | mesprenons, mespreigniens, mespreignons | mesprenez, mespreigniez | mespreignent |
| imperfect | mespreṣisse | mespreṣisses | mespreṣist | mespreṣissons, mespreṣissiens | mespreṣissoiz, mespreṣissez, mespreṣissiez | mespreṣissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | mespren | — | mesprenons | mesprenez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: méprendre