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meriter
meriter
See also: mériter
Middle French
Verb
meriter
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of meriter
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | meriter | avoir merité | |||||
| gerund | en meritant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | meritant | ||||||
| past participle | merité | ||||||
| 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 | merite | merites | merite | meritons | meritez | meritent |
| imperfect | meritois, meritoys | meritois, meritoys | meritoit, meritoyt | meritions, merityons | meritiez, merityez | meritoient, meritoyent | |
| past historic | merita | meritas | merita | meritasmes | meritastes | meriterent | |
| future | meriterai, meriteray | meriteras | meritera | meriterons | meriterez | meriteront | |
| conditional | meriterois, meriteroys | meriterois, meriteroys | meriteroit, meriteroyt | meriterions, meriteryons | meriteriez, meriteryez | meriteroient, meriteroyent | |
| 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 | merite | merites | merite | meritons | meritez | meritent |
| imperfect | meritasse | meritasses | meritast | meritassions | meritassiez | meritassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | merite | — | meritons | meritez | — | ||
Old French
Verb
meriter
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of meriter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | meriter | avoir merité | |||||
| gerund | en meritant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | meritant | ||||||
| past participle | merité | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | merit | merites | merite | meritons | meritez | meritent |
| imperfect | meritoie, meriteie, meritoe, meriteve | meritoies, meriteies, meritoes, meriteves | meritoit, meriteit, meritot, meriteve | meritiiens, meritiens | meritiiez, meritiez | meritoient, meriteient, meritoent, meritevent | |
| preterite | meritai | meritas | merita | meritames | meritastes | meriterent | |
| future | meriterai | meriteras | meritera | meriterons | meriteroiz, meritereiz, meriterez | meriteront | |
| conditional | meriteroie, meritereie | meriteroies, meritereies | meriteroit, meritereit | meriteriiens, meriteriens | meriteriiez, meriteriez | meriteroient, meritereient | |
| 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 | merit | meriz | merit | meritons | meritez | meritent |
| imperfect | meritasse | meritasses | meritast | meritissons, meritissiens | meritissoiz, meritissez, meritissiez | meritassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | merite | — | meritons | meritez | — | ||