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portraire
portraire
Old French
Etymology
Verb
portraire
- to portray (represent with images, words, etc.)
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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 portraire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | portraire | avoir portrait | |||||
| gerund | en portraiant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | portraiant | ||||||
| past participle | portrait | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | portrai | portrais | portrait | portraions | portraiiez, portraites | portraient |
| imperfect | portraioie, portraieie | portraioies, portraieies | portraioit, portraieit | portraiiiens, portraiiens | portraiiiez, portraiiez | portraioient, portraieient | |
| preterite | portrais | portraisis | portraist | portraisimes | portraisistes | portraistrent | |
| future | portrairai | portrairas | portraira | portrairons | portrairoiz, portraireiz, portrairez | portrairont | |
| conditional | portrairoie, portraireie | portrairoies, portraireies | portrairoit, portraireit | portrairiiens, portrairiens | portrairiiez, portrairiez | portrairoient, portraireient | |
| 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 | portraie | portraies | portraie | portraiiens, portraions | portraiiez | portraient |
| imperfect | portraisisse | portraisisses | portraisist | portraisissons, portraisissiens | portraisissoiz, portraisissez, portraisissiez | portraisissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | portrai | — | portraions | portraiiez | — | ||