goster
Old French
Alternative forms
- gouster
Etymology
Inherited from Latin gustō, gustāre. Compare Spanish gustar, Italian gustare.
Verb
goster
- to taste
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of goster (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | goster | avoir gosté | |||||
| gerund | en gostant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | gostant | ||||||
| past participle | gosté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | gost | gostes | goste | gostons | gostez | gostent |
| imperfect | gostoie, gosteie, gostoe, gosteve | gostoies, gosteies, gostoes, gosteves | gostoit, gosteit, gostot, gosteve | gostiiens, gostiens | gostiiez, gostiez | gostoient, gosteient, gostoent, gostevent | |
| preterite | gostai | gostas | gosta | gostames | gostastes | gosterent | |
| future | gosterai | gosteras | gostera | gosterons | gosteroiz, gostereiz, gosterez | gosteront | |
| conditional | gosteroie, gostereie | gosteroies, gostereies | gosteroit, gostereit | gosteriiens, gosteriens | gosteriiez, gosteriez | gosteroient, gostereient | |
| 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 | gost | goz | gost | gostons | gostez | gostent |
| imperfect | gostasse | gostasses | gostast | gostissons, gostissiens | gostissoiz, gostissez, gostissiez | gostassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | goste | — | gostons | gostez | — | ||
Descendants
- Middle French: gouster
- French: goûter
- Norman: gouôter
- Walloon: goster