seiourner

Middle French

Alternative forms

• sejourner (modern typography)

Etymology

Old French sojorner.

Verb

seiourner

1. to stay (in a place); to sojourn

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of seiourner

infinitive	simple	seiourner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	seiournant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		seiourné
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	seiourne	seiournes	seiourne	seiournons	seiournez	seiournent
	imperfect	seiournois, seiournoys	seiournois, seiournoys	seiournoit, seiournoyt	seiournions, seiournyons	seiourniez, seiournyez	seiournoient, seiournoyent
	past historic	seiourna	seiournas	seiourna	seiournasmes	seiournastes	seiournerent
	future	seiournerai, seiourneray	seiourneras	seiournera	seiournerons	seiournerez	seiourneront
	conditional	seiournerois, seiourneroys	seiournerois, seiourneroys	seiourneroit, seiourneroyt	seiournerions, seiourneryons	seiourneriez, seiourneryez	seiourneroient, seiourneroyent
(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	seiourne	seiournes	seiourne	seiournons	seiournez	seiournent
	imperfect	seiournasse	seiournasses	seiournast	seiournassions	seiournassiez	seiournassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	seiourne	—	seiournons	seiournez	—
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: séjourner