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pooir
pooir
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
pooir
- can; to be able to
- circa 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
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Desfendés vous, si vous poés.
- Defend yourselves, if you can.
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Desfendés vous, si vous poés.
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem pue distinct from the unstressed stem po, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of pooir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | pooir | avoir peü | |||||
| gerund | en poänt, puissant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | poänt, puissant | ||||||
| past participle | peü | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | puis | puez | puet | poons | poez | pueent |
| imperfect | pooie, poeie | pooies, poeies | pooit, poeit | poïiens, poïens | poïiez, poïez | pooient, poeient | |
| preterite | poi | peüs | pot | peümes | peüstes | porent | |
| future | porrai | porras | porra | porrons | porroiz, porreiz, porrez | porront | |
| conditional | porroie, porreie | porroies, porreies | porroit, porreit | porriiens, porriens | porriiez, porriez | porroient, porreient | |
| 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 | puisse | puisses | puisse, puist | puissons | puissez | puissent |
| imperfect | peüsse | peüsses | peüst | peüssons, peüssiens | peüssoiz, peüssez, peüssiez | peüssent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Noun
pooir m (oblique plural pooirs, nominative singular pooirs, nominative plural pooir)