mensongier
Middle French
Etymology
Old French mençongier.
Verb
mensongier
- to lie (say untrue things)
Conjugation
- As chevauchier except an extra e is inserted before a and o.
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of mensongier
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | mensongier | avoir mensongié | |||||
gerund | en mensongeant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | mensongeant | ||||||
past participle | mensongié | ||||||
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 | mensonge | mensonges | mensonge | mensongions | mensongiez | mensongent |
imperfect | mensongeois, mensongeoys | mensongeois, mensongeoys | mensongeoit, mensongeoyt | mensongions, mensongyons | mensongiez, mensongyez | mensongeoient, mensongeoyent | |
past historic | mensongea | mensongeas | mensongea | mensongeasmes | mensongeastes | mensongierent | |
future | mensongierai, mensongieray | mensongieras | mensongiera | mensongierons | mensongierez | mensongieront | |
conditional | mensongierois, mensongieroys | mensongierois, mensongieroys | mensongieroit, mensongieroyt | mensongierions, mensongieryons | mensongieriez, mensongieryez | mensongieroient, mensongieroyent | |
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 | mensonge | mensonges | mensonge | mensongions | mensongiez | mensongent |
imperfect | mensongeasse | mensongeasses | mensongeast | mensongeassions | mensongeassiez | mensongeassent | |
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 | – | |
— | mensonge | — | mensongions | mensongiez | — |
Adjective
mensongier m (feminine singular mensongiere, masculine plural mensongiers, feminine plural mensongieres)
- lying (telling lies)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (mençongier)