infourmer

Middle French

Etymology

Latin īnfōrmō.

Verb

infourmer

1. to inform

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of infourmer

infinitive	simple	infourmer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	infourmant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		infourmé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	infourme	infourmes	infourme	infourmons	infourmez	infourment
	imperfect	infourmois, infourmoys	infourmois, infourmoys	infourmoit, infourmoyt	infourmions, infourmyons	infourmiez, infourmyez	infourmoient, infourmoyent
	past historic	infourma	infourmas	infourma	infourmasmes	infourmastes	infourmerent
	future	infourmerai, infourmeray	infourmeras	infourmera	infourmerons	infourmerez	infourmeront
	conditional	infourmerois, infourmeroys	infourmerois, infourmeroys	infourmeroit, infourmeroyt	infourmerions, infourmeryons	infourmeriez, infourmeryez	infourmeroient, infourmeroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	infourme	infourmes	infourme	infourmons	infourmez	infourment
	imperfect	infourmasse	infourmasses	infourmast	infourmassions	infourmassiez	infourmassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	infourme	—	infourmons	infourmez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: informer