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empoirier
empoirier
Old French
Alternative forms
- empeirer
- empirier
Verb
empoirier
- to worsen (become worse)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has a stressed present stem empir distinct from the unstressed stem empoir. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of empoirier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | empoirier | avoir empoirié | |||||
| gerund | en empoirant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | empoirant | ||||||
| past participle | empoirié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | empir | empires | empire | empoirons | empoiriez | empirent |
| imperfect | empoiroie, empoireie, empoiroe, empoirieve | empoiroies, empoireies, empoiroes, empoirieves | empoiroit, empoireit, empoirot, empoirieve | empoiriiens, empoiriens | empoiriiez, empoiriez | empoiroient, empoireient, empoiroent, empoirievent | |
| preterite | empoirai | empoiras | empoira | empoirames | empoirastes | empoirierent | |
| future | empoirerai | empoireras | empoirera | empoirerons | empoireroiz, empoirereiz, empoirerez | empoireront | |
| conditional | empoireroie, empoirereie | empoireroies, empoirereies | empoireroit, empoirereit | empoireriiens, empoireriens | empoireriiez, empoireriez | empoireroient, empoirereient | |
| 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 | empir | empirs | empirt | empoirons | empoiriez | empirent |
| imperfect | empoirasse | empoirasses | empoirast | empoirissons, empoirissiens | empoirissoiz, empoirissez, empoirissiez | empoirassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | empire | — | empoirons | empoiriez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: empirer