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paiier
paiier
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
paiier
- to pay (purchase using money)
- circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Elyzabel, fille au roi de Hongrie:
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Ele paioit por li la dete.
- She paid the debt for him.
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Ele paioit por li la dete.
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of paiier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | paiier | avoir paiié | |||||
| gerund | en paiant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | paiant | ||||||
| past participle | paiié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | pai | paies | paie | paions | paiiez | paient |
| imperfect | paioie, paieie, paioe, paiieve | paioies, paieies, paioes, paiieves | paioit, paieit, paiot, paiieve | paiiiens, paiiens | paiiiez, paiiez | paioient, paieient, paioent, paiievent | |
| preterite | paiai | paias | paia | paiames | paiastes | paiierent | |
| future | paierai | paieras | paiera | paierons | paieroiz, paiereiz, paierez | paieront | |
| conditional | paieroie, paiereie | paieroies, paiereies | paieroit, paiereit | paieriiens, paieriens | paieriiez, paieriez | paieroient, paiereient | |
| 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 | pai | pais | pait | paions | paiiez | paient |
| imperfect | paiasse | paiasses | paiast | paiissons, paiissiens | paiissoiz, paiissez, paiissiez | paiassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | paie | — | paions | paiiez | — | ||