donter
Old French
Alternative forms
- danter
Etymology
From Latin domitō (“I tame”).
Verb
donter
- to tame
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of donter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | donter | avoir donté | |||||
gerund | en dontant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | dontant | ||||||
past participle | donté | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses | present | dont | dontes | donte | dontons | dontez | dontent |
imperfect | dontoie, donteie, dontoe, donteve | dontoies, donteies, dontoes, donteves | dontoit, donteit, dontot, donteve | dontiiens, dontiens | dontiiez, dontiez | dontoient, donteient, dontoent, dontevent | |
preterite | dontai | dontas | donta | dontames | dontastes | donterent | |
future | donterai | donteras | dontera | donterons | donteroiz, dontereiz, donterez | donteront | |
conditional | donteroie, dontereie | donteroies, dontereies | donteroit, dontereit | donteriiens, donteriens | donteriiez, donteriez | donteroient, dontereient | |
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 | dont | donz | dont | dontons | dontez | dontent |
imperfect | dontasse | dontasses | dontast | dontissons, dontissiens | dontissoiz, dontissez, dontissiez | dontassent | |
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 | – | |
— | donte | — | dontons | dontez | — |
Descendants
- French: dompter