esternuer
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French esternuer, esternuder, from Latin sternuto, sternutare.
Verb
esternuer
- to sneeze
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of esternuer
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | esternuer | avoir esternué | |||||
gerund | en esternuant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | esternuant | ||||||
past participle | esternué | ||||||
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 | esternue | esternues | esternue | esternuons | esternuez | esternuent |
imperfect | esternuois, esternuoys | esternuois, esternuoys | esternuoit, esternuoyt | esternuions, esternuyons | esternuiez, esternuyez | esternuoient, esternuoyent | |
past historic | esternua | esternuas | esternua | esternuasmes | esternuastes | esternuerent | |
future | esternuerai, esternueray | esternueras | esternuera | esternuerons | esternuerez | esternueront | |
conditional | esternuerois, esternueroys | esternuerois, esternueroys | esternueroit, esternueroyt | esternuerions, esternueryons | esternueriez, esternueryez | esternueroient, esternueroyent | |
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 | esternue | esternues | esternue | esternuons | esternuez | esternuent |
imperfect | esternuasse | esternuasses | esternuast | esternuassions | esternuassiez | esternuassent | |
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 | – | |
— | esternue | — | esternuons | esternuez | — |
Related terms
- esternuement
Descendants
- French: éternuer