tesmoignier
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Verb
tesmoignier
- to witness; to bare witness
- c. 1175, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette, line 9:
- jel tesmoignasse
- I witnessed it
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. The forms that would normally end in *-ign, *-igns, *-ignt are modified to ing, inz, int. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of tesmoignier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tesmoignier | avoir tesmoignié | |||||
| gerund | en tesmoignant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | tesmoignant | ||||||
| past participle | tesmoignié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | tesmoing | tesmoignes | tesmoigne | tesmoignons | tesmoigniez | tesmoignent |
| imperfect | tesmoignoie, tesmoigneie, tesmoignoe, tesmoignieve | tesmoignoies, tesmoigneies, tesmoignoes, tesmoignieves | tesmoignoit, tesmoigneit, tesmoignot, tesmoignieve | tesmoigniiens, tesmoigniens | tesmoigniiez, tesmoigniez | tesmoignoient, tesmoigneient, tesmoignoent, tesmoignievent | |
| preterite | tesmoignai | tesmoignas | tesmoigna | tesmoignames | tesmoignastes | tesmoignierent | |
| future | tesmoignerai | tesmoigneras | tesmoignera | tesmoignerons | tesmoigneroiz, tesmoignereiz, tesmoignerez | tesmoigneront | |
| conditional | tesmoigneroie, tesmoignereie | tesmoigneroies, tesmoignereies | tesmoigneroit, tesmoignereit | tesmoigneriiens, tesmoigneriens | tesmoigneriiez, tesmoigneriez | tesmoigneroient, tesmoignereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | tesmoing | tesmoinz | tesmoint | tesmoignons | tesmoigniez | tesmoignent |
| imperfect | tesmoignasse | tesmoignasses | tesmoignast | tesmoignissons, tesmoignissiens | tesmoignissoiz, tesmoignissez, tesmoignissiez | tesmoignassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | tesmoigne | — | tesmoignons | tesmoigniez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: témoigner