soustenir
Middle French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French soustenir.
Verb edit
soustenir
Descendants edit
- French: soutenir
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *sustenīre, from Latin sustinēre, present active infinitive of sustineō.
Verb edit
soustenir
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem soustien distinct from the unstressed stem sousten, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of soustenir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | soustenir | avoir soustenu | |||||
gerund | en soustenant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | soustenant | ||||||
past participle | soustenu | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | soustieng, soustien | soustiens | soustient | soustenons | soustenez | soustienent |
imperfect | soustenoie, sousteneie | soustenoies, sousteneies | soustenoit, sousteneit | sousteniiens, sousteniens | sousteniiez, sousteniez | soustenoient, sousteneient | |
preterite | soustin | soustenis | soustint | soustenimes | soustenistes | soustindrent, soustinrent | |
future | soustendrai | soustendras | soustendra | soustendrons | soustendroiz, soustendreiz, soustendrez | soustendront | |
conditional | soustendroie, soustendreie | soustendroies, soustendreies | soustendroit, soustendreit | soustendriiens, soustendriens | soustendriiez, soustendriez | soustendroient, soustendreient | |
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 | soustiegne | soustiegnes | soustiegne | soustiegniens, soustiegnons | soustiegniez | soustiegnent |
imperfect | soustenisse | soustenisses | soustenist | soustenissons, soustenissiens | soustenissoiz, soustenissez, soustenissiez | soustenissent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | soustien | — | soustenons | soustenez | — |
Descendants edit
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (soustenir, supplement)
- sustenir on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub