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prouver
prouver
French
Verb
prouver
- to prove
Related terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of prouver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | prouver | avoir prouvé | |||||
| gerund | en prouvant | en ayant prouvé | |||||
| present participle | prouvant /pʁu.vɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | prouvé /pʁu.ve/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | prouve /pʁuv/ |
prouves /pʁuv/ |
prouve /pʁuv/ |
prouvons /pʁu.vɔ̃/ |
prouvez /pʁu.ve/ |
prouvent /pʁuv/ |
| imperfect | prouvais /pʁu.vɛ/ |
prouvais /pʁu.vɛ/ |
prouvait /pʁu.vɛ/ |
prouvions /pʁu.vjɔ̃/ |
prouviez /pʁu.vje/ |
prouvaient /pʁu.vɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | prouvai /pʁu.ve/ |
prouvas /pʁu.va/ |
prouva /pʁu.va/ |
prouvâmes /pʁu.vam/ |
prouvâtes /pʁu.vat/ |
prouvèrent /pʁu.vɛʁ/ |
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| future | prouverai /pʁu.vʁe/ |
prouveras /pʁu.vʁa/ |
prouvera /pʁu.vʁa/ |
prouverons /pʁu.vʁɔ̃/ |
prouverez /pʁu.vʁe/ |
prouveront /pʁu.vʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | prouverais /pʁu.vʁɛ/ |
prouverais /pʁu.vʁɛ/ |
prouverait /pʁu.vʁɛ/ |
prouverions /pʁu.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
prouveriez /pʁu.və.ʁje/ |
prouveraient /pʁu.vʁɛ/ |
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| 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 anterior1 | 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | prouve /pʁuv/ |
prouves /pʁuv/ |
prouve /pʁuv/ |
prouvions /pʁu.vjɔ̃/ |
prouviez /pʁu.vje/ |
prouvent /pʁuv/ |
| imperfect1 |
prouvasse /pʁu.vas/ |
prouvasses /pʁu.vas/ |
prouvât /pʁu.va/ |
prouvassions /pʁu.va.sjɔ̃/ |
prouvassiez /pʁu.va.sje/ |
prouvassent /pʁu.vas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | prouve /pʁuv/ |
— | prouvons /pʁu.vɔ̃/ |
prouvez /pʁu.ve/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Old French
Verb
prouver
- Alternative form of prover
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has a stressed present stem pruev distinct from the unstressed stem prouv, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of prouver (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | prouver | avoir prouvé | |||||
| gerund | en prouvant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | prouvant | ||||||
| past participle | prouvé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | pruis | prueves | prueve | prouvons | prouvez | pruevent |
| imperfect | prouvoie, prouveie, prouvoe, prouveve | prouvoies, prouveies, prouvoes, prouveves | prouvoit, prouveit, prouvot, prouveve | prouviiens, prouviens | prouviiez, prouviez | prouvoient, prouveient, prouvoent, prouvevent | |
| preterite | prouvai | prouvas | prouva | prouvames | prouvastes | prouverent | |
| future | prouverai | prouveras | prouvera | prouverons | prouveroiz, prouvereiz, prouverez | prouveront | |
| conditional | prouveroie, prouvereie | prouveroies, prouvereies | prouveroit, prouvereit | prouveriiens, prouveriens | prouveriiez, prouveriez | prouveroient, prouvereient | |
| 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 | pruisse | pruisses | pruisse, pruist | provons, pruissiens, pruissons | provez, pruissiez | pruissent |
| imperfect | prouvasse | prouvasses | prouvast | prouvissons, prouvissiens | prouvissoiz, prouvissez, prouvissiez | prouvassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | pruisse | — | prouvons | prouvez | — | ||