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empescher
empescher
Middle French
Verb
empescher
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of empescher
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | empescher | avoir empesché | |||||
| gerund | en empeschant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | empeschant | ||||||
| past participle | empesché | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | empesche | empesches | empesche | empeschons | empeschez | empeschent |
| imperfect | empeschois, empeschoys | empeschois, empeschoys | empeschoit, empeschoyt | empeschions, empeschyons | empeschiez, empeschyez | empeschoient, empeschoyent | |
| past historic | empescha | empeschas | empescha | empeschasmes | empeschastes | empescherent | |
| future | empescherai, empescheray | empescheras | empeschera | empescherons | empescherez | empescheront | |
| conditional | empescherois, empescheroys | empescherois, empescheroys | empescheroit, empescheroyt | empescherions, empescheryons | empescheriez, empescheryez | empescheroient, empescheroyent | |
| 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 past historic 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | empesche | empesches | empesche | empeschons | empeschez | empeschent |
| imperfect | empeschasse | empeschasses | empeschast | empeschassions | empeschassiez | empeschassent | |
| 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 | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | empesche | — | empeschons | empeschez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: empêcher
References
- empescher on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)