esposer
French edit
Verb edit
esposer
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of esposer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | esposer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | esposant /ɛs.po.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | esposé /ɛs.po.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | espose /ɛs.poz/ |
esposes /ɛs.poz/ |
espose /ɛs.poz/ |
esposons /ɛs.po.zɔ̃/ |
esposez /ɛs.po.ze/ |
esposent /ɛs.poz/ |
| imperfect | esposois /ɛs.po.zɛ/ |
esposois /ɛs.po.zɛ/ |
esposoit /ɛs.po.zɛ/ |
esposions /ɛs.po.zjɔ̃/ |
esposiez /ɛs.po.zje/ |
esposoient /ɛs.po.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | esposoi /ɛs.po.ze/ |
esposas /ɛs.po.za/ |
esposa /ɛs.po.za/ |
esposasmes /ɛs.po.zam/ |
esposastes /ɛs.po.zat/ |
esposèrent /ɛs.po.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | esposeroi /ɛs.poz.ʁe/ |
esposeras /ɛs.poz.ʁa/ |
esposera /ɛs.poz.ʁa/ |
esposerons /ɛs.poz.ʁɔ̃/ |
esposerez /ɛs.poz.ʁe/ |
esposeront /ɛs.poz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | esposerois /ɛs.poz.ʁɛ/ |
esposerois /ɛs.poz.ʁɛ/ |
esposeroit /ɛs.poz.ʁɛ/ |
esposerions /ɛs.po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
esposeriez /ɛs.po.zə.ʁje/ |
esposeroient /ɛs.poz.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | espose /ɛs.poz/ |
esposes /ɛs.poz/ |
espose /ɛs.poz/ |
esposions /ɛs.po.zjɔ̃/ |
esposiez /ɛs.po.zje/ |
esposent /ɛs.poz/ |
| imperfect2 | esposasse /ɛs.po.zas/ |
esposasses /ɛs.po.zas/ |
esposast /ɛs.po.za/ |
esposassions /ɛs.po.za.sjɔ̃/ |
esposassiez /ɛs.po.za.sje/ |
esposassent /ɛs.po.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | espose /ɛs.poz/ |
— | esposons /ɛs.po.zɔ̃/ |
esposez /ɛs.po.ze/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Old French edit
Verb edit
esposer
- Alternative form of espouser
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Li cuens Oringles, et a tort
Une dame esposer voloit- Count Oringle, and wrongly
Wanted to marry a woman
- Count Oringle, and wrongly
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. This verb has a stressed present stem espeus distinct from the unstressed stem espos. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of esposer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | esposer | avoir esposé | |||||
| gerund | en esposant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | esposant | ||||||
| past participle | esposé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | espeus | espeuses | espeuse | esposons | esposez | espeusent |
| imperfect | esposoie, esposeie, esposoe, esposeve | esposoies, esposeies, esposoes, esposeves | esposoit, esposeit, esposot, esposeve | esposiiens, esposiens | esposiiez, esposiez | esposoient, esposeient, esposoent, esposevent | |
| preterite | esposai | esposas | esposa | esposames | esposastes | esposerent | |
| future | esposerai | esposeras | esposera | esposerons | esposeroiz, esposereiz, esposerez | esposeront | |
| conditional | esposeroie, esposereie | esposeroies, esposereies | esposeroit, esposereit | esposeriiens, esposeriens | esposeriiez, esposeriez | esposeroient, esposereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | espeus | espeus | espeust | esposons | esposez | espeusent |
| imperfect | esposasse | esposasses | esposast | esposissons, esposissiens | esposissoiz, esposissez, esposissiez | esposassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | espeuse | — | esposons | esposez | — | ||