haster
Middle French
Verb
haster
- (transitive) to hurry
- 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais, book II, chapter 2:
- Ils disent, que le Philosophe Stilpon aggravé de vieillesse, hasta sa fin à escient, par le breuvage de vin pur
- they said that the philosopher Stilpon, under the influence of old age, knowingly hurried along the end of his life by drinking pure wine
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Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of haster
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | haster | avoir hasté | |||||
| gerund | en hastant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | hastant | ||||||
| past participle | hasté | ||||||
| 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 | haste | hastes | haste | hastons | hastez | hastent |
| imperfect | hastois, hastoys | hastois, hastoys | hastoit, hastoyt | hastions, hastyons | hastiez, hastyez | hastoient, hastoyent | |
| past historic | hasta | hastas | hasta | hastasmes | hastastes | hasterent | |
| future | hasterai, hasteray | hasteras | hastera | hasterons | hasterez | hasteront | |
| conditional | hasterois, hasteroys | hasterois, hasteroys | hasteroit, hasteroyt | hasterions, hasteryons | hasteriez, hasteryez | hasteroient, hasteroyent | |
| 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 | haste | hastes | haste | hastons | hastez | hastent |
| imperfect | hastasse | hastasses | hastast | hastassions | hastassiez | hastassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | haste | — | hastons | hastez | — | ||
Old French
Etymology
From Frankish
Verb
haster
- (reflexive, se haster) to hurry up; to act rapidly
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 haster (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | haster | avoir hasté | |||||
| gerund | en hastant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | hastant | ||||||
| past participle | hasté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | hast | hastes | haste | hastons | hastez | hastent |
| imperfect | hastoie, hasteie, hastoe, hasteve | hastoies, hasteies, hastoes, hasteves | hastoit, hasteit, hastot, hasteve | hastiiens, hastiens | hastiiez, hastiez | hastoient, hasteient, hastoent, hastevent | |
| preterite | hastai | hastas | hasta | hastames | hastastes | hasterent | |
| future | hasterai | hasteras | hastera | hasterons | hasteroiz, hastereiz, hasterez | hasteront | |
| conditional | hasteroie, hastereie | hasteroies, hastereies | hasteroit, hastereit | hasteriiens, hasteriens | hasteriiez, hasteriez | hasteroient, hastereient | |
| 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 | hast | haz | hast | hastons | hastez | hastent |
| imperfect | hastasse | hastasses | hastast | hastissons, hastissiens | hastissoiz, hastissez, hastissiez | hastassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | haste | — | hastons | hastez | — | ||
Related terms
- hastif
Descendants
- French: hâter