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compleindre
compleindre
Old French
Verb
compleindre
- to have compassion
- to lament; to bewail
- to complain
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 compleindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | compleindre | avoir compleint | |||||
| gerund | en compleignant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | compleignant | ||||||
| past participle | compleint | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | compleing | compleinz | compleint | compleignons | compleigniez | compleignent |
| imperfect | compleignoie, compleigneie | compleignoies, compleigneies | compleignoit, compleigneit | compleigniiens, compleigniens | compleigniiez, compleigniez | compleignoient, compleigneient | |
| preterite | compleins | compleinsis | compleinst | compleinsimes | compleinsistes | compleinstrent | |
| future | compleindrai | compleindras | compleindra | compleindrons | compleindroiz, compleindreiz, compleindrez | compleindront | |
| conditional | compleindroie, compleindreie | compleindroies, compleindreies | compleindroit, compleindreit | compleindriiens, compleindriens | compleindriiez, compleindriez | compleindroient, compleindreient | |
| 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 | compleigne | compleignes | compleigne | compleigniens, compleignons | compleigniez | compleignent |
| imperfect | compleinsisse | compleinsisses | compleinsist | compleinsissons, compleinsissiens | compleinsissoiz, compleinsissez, compleinsissiez | compleinsissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | compleing | — | compleignons | compleigniez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: to complain