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favorir
favorir
Middle French
Verb
favorir
- to favor
References
- favorir on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)
Old French
Verb
favorir
- to favor
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of favorir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | favorir | avoir favori | |||||
| gerund | en favorissant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | favorissant | ||||||
| past participle | favori | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | favoris | favoris | favorist | favorissons | favorissez | favorissent |
| imperfect | favorissoie, favorisseie | favorissoies, favorisseies | favorissoit, favorisseit | favorissiiens, favorissiens | favorissiiez, favorissiez | favorissoient, favorisseient | |
| preterite | favori | favoris | favori | favorimes | favoristes | favorirent | |
| future | favorirai | favoriras | favorira | favorirons | favoriroiz, favorireiz, favorirez | favoriront | |
| conditional | favoriroie, favorireie | favoriroies, favorireies | favoriroit, favorireit | favoririiens, favoririens | favoririiez, favoririez | favoriroient, favorireient | |
| 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 | favorisse | favorisses | favorisse | favorissons | favorissez | favorissent |
| imperfect | favorisse | favorisses | favorist | favorissons, favorissiens | favorissoiz, favorissez, favorissiez | favorissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | favoris | — | favorissons | favorissez | — | ||
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (favorir)