tumber

tumber

Middle French

Verb

tumber

1. Alternative form of tomber

Conjugation

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

   Conjugation of tumber

		simple			compound
infinitive		tumber			estre tumbé
gerund		en tumbant			Use the gerund of estre followed by the past participle
present participle		tumbant
past participle		tumbé
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	tumbe	tumbes	tumbe	tumbons	tumbez	tumbent
	imperfect	tumbois, tumboys	tumbois, tumboys	tumboit, tumboyt	tumbions, tumbyons	tumbiez, tumbyez	tumboient, tumboyent
	past historic	tumba	tumbas	tumba	tumbasmes	tumbastes	tumberent
	future	tumberai, tumberay	tumberas	tumbera	tumberons	tumberez	tumberont
	conditional	tumberois, tumberoys	tumberois, tumberoys	tumberoit, tumberoyt	tumberions, tumberyons	tumberiez, tumberyez	tumberoient, tumberoyent
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of estre followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of estre followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of estre followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of estre followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of estre followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que ie	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	tumbe	tumbes	tumbe	tumbons	tumbez	tumbent
	imperfect	tumbasse	tumbasses	tumbast	tumbassions	tumbassiez	tumbassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	tumbe	—	tumbons	tumbez	—

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Old French

Etymology

Possibly an expressive creation or of Frankish origin.

Verb

tumber

1. to fall

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-mb, *-mbs, *-mbt are modified to mp, ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of tumber (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		tumber			estre tumbé
gerund		en tumbant			Use the gerund of estre followed by the past participle
present participle		tumbant
past participle		tumbé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	tump	tumbes	tumbe	tumbons	tumbez	tumbent
	imperfect	tumboie, tumbeie, tumboe, tumbeve	tumboies, tumbeies, tumboes, tumbeves	tumboit, tumbeit, tumbot, tumbeve	tumbiiens, tumbiens	tumbiiez, tumbiez	tumboient, tumbeient, tumboent, tumbevent
	preterite	tumbai	tumbas	tumba	tumbames	tumbastes	tumberent
	future	tumberai	tumberas	tumbera	tumberons	tumberoiz, tumbereiz, tumberez	tumberont
	conditional	tumberoie, tumbereie	tumberoies, tumbereies	tumberoit, tumbereit	tumberiiens, tumberiens	tumberiiez, tumberiez	tumberoient, tumbereient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of estre followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of estre followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of estre followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of estre followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of estre followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	tump	tuns	tunt	tumbons	tumbez	tumbent
	imperfect	tumbasse	tumbasses	tumbast	tumbissons, tumbissiens	tumbissoiz, tumbissez, tumbissiez	tumbassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	tumbe	—	tumbons	tumbez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: tomber
  • French: tomber