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tesmoigner
tesmoigner
Middle French
Verb
tesmoigner
- to witness
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of tesmoigner
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tesmoigner | avoir tesmoigné | |||||
| gerund | en tesmoignant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | tesmoignant | ||||||
| past participle | tesmoigné | ||||||
| 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 | tesmoigne | tesmoignes | tesmoigne | tesmoignons | tesmoignez | tesmoignent |
| imperfect | tesmoignois, tesmoignoys | tesmoignois, tesmoignoys | tesmoignoit, tesmoignoyt | tesmoignions, tesmoignyons | tesmoigniez, tesmoignyez | tesmoignoient, tesmoignoyent | |
| past historic | tesmoigna | tesmoignas | tesmoigna | tesmoignasmes | tesmoignastes | tesmoignerent | |
| future | tesmoignerai, tesmoigneray | tesmoigneras | tesmoignera | tesmoignerons | tesmoignerez | tesmoigneront | |
| conditional | tesmoignerois, tesmoigneroys | tesmoignerois, tesmoigneroys | tesmoigneroit, tesmoigneroyt | tesmoignerions, tesmoigneryons | tesmoigneriez, tesmoigneryez | tesmoigneroient, tesmoigneroyent | |
| 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 | tesmoigne | tesmoignes | tesmoigne | tesmoignons | tesmoignez | tesmoignent |
| imperfect | tesmoignasse | tesmoignasses | tesmoignast | tesmoignassions | tesmoignassiez | tesmoignassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | tesmoigne | — | tesmoignons | tesmoignez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: témoigner