saulter

saulter

See also: Saulter

Middle French

Verb

saulter

1. to jump (move oneself into the air, leaving contact with the ground)
   • 1534, François Rabelais, Gargantua:

     Cent diables me saultent au corps

     A hundred devils are jumping on my body

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

   Conjugation of saulter

		simple			compound
infinitive		saulter			avoir saulté
gerund		en saultant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		saultant
past participle		saulté
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	saulte	saultes	saulte	saultons	saultez	saultent
	imperfect	saultois, saultoys	saultois, saultoys	saultoit, saultoyt	saultions, saultyons	saultiez, saultyez	saultoient, saultoyent
	past historic	saulta	saultas	saulta	saultasmes	saultastes	saulterent
	future	saulterai, saulteray	saulteras	saultera	saulterons	saulterez	saulteront
	conditional	saulterois, saulteroys	saulterois, saulteroys	saulteroit, saulteroyt	saulterions, saulteryons	saulteriez, saulteryez	saulteroient, saulteroyent
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	saulte	saultes	saulte	saultons	saultez	saultent
	imperfect	saultasse	saultasses	saultast	saultassions	saultassiez	saultassent
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	–
		—	saulte	—	saultons	saultez	—

Related terms

• sault

Descendants

• French: sauter