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governer
governer
Old French
Verb
governer
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-rns, *-rnt are modified to rz, rt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of governer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | governer | avoir governé | |||||
| gerund | en governant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | governant | ||||||
| past participle | governé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | govern | governes | governe | governons | governez | governent |
| imperfect | governoie, governeie, governoe, governeve | governoies, governeies, governoes, governeves | governoit, governeit, governot, governeve | governiiens, governiens | governiiez, governiez | governoient, governeient, governoent, governevent | |
| preterite | governai | governas | governa | governames | governastes | governerent | |
| future | governerai | governeras | governera | governerons | governeroiz, governereiz, governerez | governeront | |
| conditional | governeroie, governereie | governeroies, governereies | governeroit, governereit | governeriiens, governeriens | governeriiez, governeriez | governeroient, governereient | |
| 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 | govern | goverz | govert | governons | governez | governent |
| imperfect | governasse | governasses | governast | governissons, governissiens | governissoiz, governissez, governissiez | governassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | governe | — | governons | governez | — | ||
The word does not exist in Oxford dictionary.