poleur
Walloon edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse. Once the intervocalic /-t-/ lenited to zero, an /-l-/ was added to break hiatus, likely by analogy with voleur (“to want”). Compare the /-v-/ added to the French cognate pouvoir (< early medieval poeir).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
poleur
- to can, be able to
Conjugation edit
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— Conjugation of the verb poleur in Walloon — Codjowaedje do viebe poleur e walon| infinitive | poleur | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | polant or plant | ||||||
| auxiliary | aveur | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | polou or plou | polowe or plowe | |||||
| plural | polous or plous | polowes or plowes | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | dji (dj') | ti (t') | i (il) / ele | dji (dj') / nos | vos | i (il) | |
| present | pou | pous | pout | polans or plans | poloz or ploz | poulnut, polèt or plèt | |
| imperfect | poleu or pleu | poleus or pleus | poleut or pleut | poléns or pléns | polîz or plîz | polént or plént | |
| preterit | pola or pla | polas or plas | pola or pla | polîs or plîs | polîz or plîz | polît or plît | |
| future | pôrè | pôrès | pôrè | pôrans | pôroz | pôront | |
| conditional | pôreu | pôreus | pôreut | pôréns | pôrîz | pôrént | |
| subjunctive | ki dj' | ki t' | k' i (il) / k' ele | ki dj' / ki nos | ki vos | k' i (il) | |
| present | poye | poyes | poye | polanxhe or planxhe | poloxhe or ploxhe | poilnuxhe, polèxhe or plèxhe | |
| present | polaxhe or plaxhe | polaxhes or plaxhes | polaxhe or plaxhe | polénxhe or plénxhe | polîxhe or plîxhe | polénxhe or plénxhe | |
| imperative | — | ti | — | dji / nos | vos | — | |
| affirmative | - | - | - | ||||