besoinger

Middle French

Verb

besoinger

1. to work

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of besoinger

infinitive	simple	besoinger
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	besoignant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		besoigné
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	besoigne	besoignes	besoigne	besoignons	besoignez	besoignent
	imperfect	besoignois, besoignoys	besoignois, besoignoys	besoignoit, besoignoyt	besoignions, besoignyons	besoigniez, besoignyez	besoignoient, besoignoyent
	past historic	besoigna	besoignas	besoigna	besoignasmes	besoignastes	besoignerent
	future	besoignerai, besoigneray	besoigneras	besoignera	besoignerons	besoignerez	besoigneront
	conditional	besoignerois, besoigneroys	besoignerois, besoigneroys	besoigneroit, besoigneroyt	besoignerions, besoigneryons	besoigneriez, besoigneryez	besoigneroient, besoigneroyent
(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	besoigne	besoignes	besoigne	besoignons	besoignez	besoignent
	imperfect	besoignasse	besoignasses	besoignast	besoignassions	besoignassiez	besoignassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	besoigne	—	besoignons	besoignez	—
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: besogner