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aprester
aprester
Old French
Verb
aprester
- to prepare; to get ready
- circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 202 (of the Champion Classiques edition, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4), line 2604:
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e jo m'irrai aprester
- and I will go and prepare myself
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e jo m'irrai aprester
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Synonyms
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of aprester (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | aprester | avoir apresté | |||||
| gerund | en aprestant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | aprestant | ||||||
| past participle | apresté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | aprest | aprestes | apreste | aprestons | aprestez | aprestent |
| imperfect | aprestoie, apresteie, aprestoe, apresteve | aprestoies, apresteies, aprestoes, apresteves | aprestoit, apresteit, aprestot, apresteve | aprestiiens, aprestiens | aprestiiez, aprestiez | aprestoient, apresteient, aprestoent, aprestevent | |
| preterite | aprestai | aprestas | apresta | aprestames | aprestastes | apresterent | |
| future | apresterai | apresteras | aprestera | apresterons | apresteroiz, aprestereiz, apresterez | apresteront | |
| conditional | apresteroie, aprestereie | apresteroies, aprestereies | apresteroit, aprestereit | apresteriiens, apresteriens | apresteriiez, apresteriez | apresteroient, aprestereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | aprest | aprez | aprest | aprestons | aprestez | aprestent |
| imperfect | aprestasse | aprestasses | aprestast | aprestissons, aprestissiens | aprestissoiz, aprestissez, aprestissiez | aprestassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | apreste | — | aprestons | aprestez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: apprêter