purtraire

Old French

Alternative forms

• portraire
• pourtraire
• purtrere

Verb

purtraire

1. to portray (represent using images, words, etc.)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		purtraire			avoir purtrait
gerund		en purtraiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		purtraiant
past participle		purtrait
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	purtrai	purtrais	purtrait	purtraions	purtraiiez, purtraites	purtraient
	imperfect	purtraioie, purtraieie	purtraioies, purtraieies	purtraioit, purtraieit	purtraiiiens, purtraiiens	purtraiiiez, purtraiiez	purtraioient, purtraieient
	preterite	purtrais	purtraisis	purtraist	purtraisimes	purtraisistes	purtraistrent
	future	purtrairai	purtrairas	purtraira	purtrairons	purtrairoiz, purtraireiz, purtrairez	purtrairont
	conditional	purtrairoie, purtraireie	purtrairoies, purtraireies	purtrairoit, purtraireit	purtrairiiens, purtrairiens	purtrairiiez, purtrairiez	purtrairoient, purtraireient
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	purtraie	purtraies	purtraie	purtraiiens, purtraions	purtraiiez	purtraient
	imperfect	purtraisisse	purtraisisses	purtraisist	purtraisissons, purtraisissiens	purtraisissoiz, purtraisissez, purtraisissiez	purtraisissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	purtrai	—	purtraions	purtraiiez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: portraire
  • English: portray
  • French: portraire