ête
Gallo edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French estre, from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse.
Verb edit
ête
- to be
- Je sons eürous de vous vair Dame !
- We are happy to see you Mister !
Conjugation edit
infinitive | estr | ||||||
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gerund | estaunt | ||||||
auxiliary | estr | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | estaé | estaey | |||||
plural | estaés | estaeys | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | je (j') | tu (t') | il, al, nan |
je (j') | vóz | il, allz | |
present | soe or sei | es | est | som or estom | estt or estaez | sont | |
imperfect | estei | esteis | esteit | esteim or estiom | estiaez | esteint | |
preterite | fu | fus | fut | fum | fustt | furant | |
future | serae | seras | sera | serom | seraez | seront | |
conditional | serei | sereis | sereit | sereim or seriom | seriaez | sereint | |
subjunctive | qe je (j') | qe tu (t') | q'il, q'al qe nan |
qe je (j') | qe vóz | q'il, q'allz | |
present | seij | seij | seij | seijom | seijaez | seijant | |
imperfect | fuss | fuss | fuss or fust | fussom | fussaez | fussant | |
imperative | — | tu | — | je | vóz | — | |
seij | seijom | seijaez |
Norman edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French estre, from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse.
Verb edit
ête (France)
- to be
- Falleit qu’i feusse tréjouos le prémyî.
- He always had to be the first.
Usage notes edit
- It is common to drop the first letter in the indicative imperfect, replacing it with a sign. Thus you may find ’teis instead of éteis, ’teit instead of éteit, ’tioums instead of étioums etc. In these cases, the pronouns i/il, o/ol and no/no-z- are used as if the vowel hadn’t been dropped, for example : il ‘teit, ol ‘teit, no-z-‘teit instead of the regular forms used before consonants i, o and no.
- Unlike what happens most of the time in oral French, the subjunctive past tense is used in Norman when the verb comes after one at the conditional tense or the past. Thus, where oral French tends to say : Il fallait qu’il soit le premier in the present subjunctive, Norman people would rather say in the past : Falleit qu’i feusse le prémyî.
Conjugation edit
infinitive | yêtre / être | ||||||
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gerund | étant | ||||||
auxiliary | yêtre or aveir1 | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | été | étée | |||||
plural | étés | étées | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | je (j') | tu (t') | il, alle, nos |
je (nos) |
vos | il, alles | |
present | sîs | es | est | soumes | êtes | sont | |
imperfect | éteis | éteis | éteit | étioms | étiez | éteient | |
preterite | fus | fus | fut | feûmes | fûtes | fûtrent | |
future | serai | seras | sera | seroms | serez | seront | |
conditional | sereis | sereis | sereit | serioms | seriez | sereient | |
subjunctive | que je (j') | que te (t') | qu'il, qu'alle, que nos |
que je (que nos) |
que vos | qu'il, qu'alles | |
present | seie | seies | seie | seyoms | seyez | seient | |
imperfect | fusse | fusses | fût fusse |
fussioms | fussiez | fussent | |
imperative | — | tu | — | je (nos) |
vos | — | |
seie | seyoms | seyez | |||||
1Used with past participles. |
infinitive | ête | ||||||
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gerund | étant | ||||||
auxiliary | aver or ête | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | été ('té) | étèye ('tèye) | |||||
plural | étés ('tés) | étèyes ('tèyes) | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | je (j') | tu (t') | i (il), o (ol), no (no-z-) |
je nos |
vos | i (il), o (ol) | |
present | sieux sis |
es | est | sommes | êtes | sont | |
imperfect | éteis ('teis) | éteis ('teis) | éteit ('teit) | étioms ('tioms) | étiez ('tiez) | éteient ('teient) | |
preterite | fus | fus | fut | fumes | fûtes | fûtent | |
future | srai | sras | sra | sroms | srez | sront | |
conditional | sreis | sreis | sreit | srioms | sriez | sreient | |
subjunctive | qu'ej | eq tu | qu'i (il), qu'a (al), qu'on | qu'ej | qu'os | qu'i (il), qu'alles | |
present | sèye | sèyes | sèye | séyoms | séyez | sèyent | |
imperfect | fusse | fusses | fusse | fussioms | fussiez | fussent | |
imperative | — | tu | — | ej | os | — | |
present | sèye | séyoms | séyez | ||||
past | sèye 'té | séyoms 'tés | séyez 'té(s) |
infinitive | ête | ||||||
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gerund | étant | ||||||
auxiliary | aver or ête | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | étè ('tè) | étèye ('tèye) | |||||
plural | étès ('tès) | étèyes ('tèyes) | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | ej (j') | tu (t') | i (il), a (al), os | ej (j') | os | i (il), alles | |
present | sis | es | est | sommes | êtes | sont | |
imperfect | éteis ('teis) | éteis ('teis) | éteit ('teit) | étioms ('tioms) | étiez ('tiez) | éteient ('teient) | |
preterite | fus | fus | fut | fumes | fûtes | fûtent | |
future | srai | sras | sra | sroms | srez | sront | |
conditional | sreis | sreis | sreit | srioms | sriez | sreient | |
subjunctive | qu'ej | eq tu | qu'i (il), qu'a (al), qu'on | qu'ej | qu'os | qu'i (il), qu'alles | |
present | seis | seis | seit | séyoms | séyez | seient | |
imperfect | fûche | fûches | fûche | fûchioms | fûchiez | fûchent | |
imperative | — | tu | — | ej | os | — | |
present | seis | séyoms | séyez | ||||
past | seis 'tè | séyoms 'tès | séyez 'tè(s) |