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posseder
posseder
See also: posséder
Middle French
Verb
posseder
- to possess
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of posseder
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | posseder | avoir possedé | |||||
| gerund | en possedant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | possedant | ||||||
| past participle | possedé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | possede | possedes | possede | possedons | possedez | possedent |
| imperfect | possedois, possedoys | possedois, possedoys | possedoit, possedoyt | possedions, possedyons | possediez, possedyez | possedoient, possedoyent | |
| past historic | posseda | possedas | posseda | possedasmes | possedastes | possederent | |
| future | possederai, possederay | possederas | possedera | possederons | possederez | possederont | |
| conditional | possederois, possederoys | possederois, possederoys | possederoit, possederoyt | possederions, possederyons | possederiez, possederyez | possederoient, possederoyent | |
| 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 past historic 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | possede | possedes | possede | possedons | possedez | possedent |
| imperfect | possedasse | possedasses | possedast | possedassions | possedassiez | possedassent | |
| 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 | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | possede | — | possedons | possedez | — | ||