mesconter

Old French

Etymology

mes- (“mis-”) +‎ conter.

Verb

mesconter

1. to mistell; to misinform

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of mesconter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		mesconter			avoir mesconté
gerund		en mescontant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		mescontant
past participle		mesconté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	mescont	mescontes	mesconte	mescontons	mescontez	mescontent
	imperfect	mescontoie, mesconteie, mescontoe, mesconteve	mescontoies, mesconteies, mescontoes, mesconteves	mescontoit, mesconteit, mescontot, mesconteve	mescontiiens, mescontiens	mescontiiez, mescontiez	mescontoient, mesconteient, mescontoent, mescontevent
	preterite	mescontai	mescontas	mesconta	mescontames	mescontastes	mesconterent
	future	mesconterai	mesconteras	mescontera	mesconterons	mesconteroiz, mescontereiz, mesconterez	mesconteront
	conditional	mesconteroie, mescontereie	mesconteroies, mescontereies	mesconteroit, mescontereit	mesconteriiens, mesconteriens	mesconteriiez, mesconteriez	mesconteroient, mescontereient
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	mescont	mesconz	mescont	mescontons	mescontez	mescontent
	imperfect	mescontasse	mescontasses	mescontast	mescontissons, mescontissiens	mescontissoiz, mescontissez, mescontissiez	mescontassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	mesconte	—	mescontons	mescontez	—