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paroistre
paroistre
Middle French
Verb
paroistre
- to appear; to seem
- 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:
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ce que dit Cesar, que les choses nous paroissent souvent plus grandes de loing que de pres
- what Cesar says, that things often things appear bigger from far away than from close up
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ce que dit Cesar, que les choses nous paroissent souvent plus grandes de loing que de pres
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Related terms
Descendants
- French: paraître
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *pārescere, from Latin pārēre, present active infinitive of pāreō.
Verb
paroistre
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of paroistre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | paroistre | avoir pareü, paru | |||||
| gerund | en paroissant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | paroissant | ||||||
| past participle | pareü, paru | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | parois | parois | paroist | paroissons | paroissez | paroissent |
| imperfect | paroissoie, paroisseie | paroissoies, paroisseies | paroissoit, paroisseit | paroissiiens, paroissiens | paroissiiez, paroissiez | paroissoient, paroisseient | |
| preterite | parui | parus | paru | parumes | parustes | parurent | |
| future | paroistrai | paroistras | paroistra | paroistrons | paroistroiz, paroistreiz, paroistrez | paroistront | |
| conditional | paroistroie, paroistreie | paroistroies, paroistreies | paroistroit, paroistreit | paroistriiens, paroistriens | paroistriiez, paroistriez | paroistroient, paroistreient | |
| 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 | paroisse | paroisses | paroisse | paroissons | paroissez | paroissent |
| imperfect | pareüsse, parusse | pareüsses, parusses | pareüst, parust | pareüssons, pareüssiens, parussons, parussiens | pareüssoiz, pareüssez, pareüssiez, parussoiz, parussez, parussiez | pareüssent, parussent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | parois | — | paroissons | paroissez | — | ||
Related terms
- aparoistre
Descendants
- French: paraître