destourner

Middle French

Verb

destourner

1. to divert; to turn away

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of destourner

infinitive	simple	destourner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	destournant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		destourné
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	destourne	destournes	destourne	destournons	destournez	destournent
	imperfect	destournois, destournoys	destournois, destournoys	destournoit, destournoyt	destournions, destournyons	destourniez, destournyez	destournoient, destournoyent
	past historic	destourna	destournas	destourna	destournasmes	destournastes	destournerent
	future	destournerai, destourneray	destourneras	destournera	destournerons	destournerez	destourneront
	conditional	destournerois, destourneroys	destournerois, destourneroys	destourneroit, destourneroyt	destournerions, destourneryons	destourneriez, destourneryez	destourneroient, destourneroyent
(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	destourne	destournes	destourne	destournons	destournez	destournent
	imperfect	destournasse	destournasses	destournast	destournassions	destournassiez	destournassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	destourne	—	destournons	destournez	—
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: détourner