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naistre
naistre
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *nascere, from the Latin deponent verb nāscor, nāscī.
Verb
naistre
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 naistre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | naistre | avoir nascu, né | |||||
| gerund | en naissant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | naissant | ||||||
| past participle | nascu, né | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | nais | nais | naist | naissons | naissiez | naissent |
| imperfect | naissoie, naisseie | naissoies, naisseies | naissoit, naisseit | naissiiens, naissiens | naissiiez, naissiez | naissoient, naisseient | |
| preterite | nasqui | nasquis | nasquié | nasquimes | nasquistes | nasquierent | |
| future | naistrai | naistras | naistra | naistrons | naistroiz, naistreiz, naistrez | naistront | |
| conditional | naistroie, naistreie | naistroies, naistreies | naistroit, naistreit | naistriiens, naistriens | naistriiez, naistriez | naistroient, naistreient | |
| 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 | naisse | naisses | naisse | naissiens, naissons | naissiez | naissent |
| imperfect | nasquisse | nasquisses | nasquist | nasquissons, nasquissiens | nasquissoiz, nasquissez, nasquissiez | nasquissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | nais | — | naissons | naissiez | — | ||