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professer
professer
French
Verb
professer
- to profess
- Les Grecs purent reconnaître combien le gouvernement républicain, lorsqu'il ne professe pas un grand respect pour les droits individuels, se change facilement en despotisme. (Fustel de Coul., Cité antique, 1864)
Conjugation
Conjugation of professer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | professer | avoir professé | |||||
| gerund | en professant | en ayant professé | |||||
| present participle | professant /pʁɔ.fɛ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | professé /pʁɔ.fɛ.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | professe /pʁɔ.fɛs/ |
professes /pʁɔ.fɛs/ |
professe /pʁɔ.fɛs/ |
professons /pʁɔ.fɛ.sɔ̃/ |
professez /pʁɔ.fɛ.se/ |
professent /pʁɔ.fɛs/ |
| imperfect | professais /pʁɔ.fɛ.sɛ/ |
professais /pʁɔ.fɛ.sɛ/ |
professait /pʁɔ.fɛ.sɛ/ |
professions /pʁɔ.fɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
professiez /pʁɔ.fɛ.sje/ |
professaient /pʁɔ.fɛ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | professai /pʁɔ.fɛ.se/ |
professas /pʁɔ.fɛ.sa/ |
professa /pʁɔ.fɛ.sa/ |
professâmes /pʁɔ.fɛ.sam/ |
professâtes /pʁɔ.fɛ.sat/ |
professèrent /pʁɔ.fɛ.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | professerai /pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁe/ |
professeras /pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁa/ |
professera /pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁa/ |
professerons /pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
professerez /pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁe/ |
professeront /pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | professerais /pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁɛ/ |
professerais /pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁɛ/ |
professerait /pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁɛ/ |
professerions /pʁɔ.fɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
professeriez /pʁɔ.fɛ.sə.ʁje/ |
professeraient /pʁɔ.fɛ.sʁɛ/ |
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| 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 anterior1 | 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | professe /pʁɔ.fɛs/ |
professes /pʁɔ.fɛs/ |
professe /pʁɔ.fɛs/ |
professions /pʁɔ.fɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
professiez /pʁɔ.fɛ.sje/ |
professent /pʁɔ.fɛs/ |
| imperfect1 |
professasse /pʁɔ.fɛ.sas/ |
professasses /pʁɔ.fɛ.sas/ |
professât /pʁɔ.fɛ.sa/ |
professassions /pʁɔ.fɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
professassiez /pʁɔ.fɛ.sa.sje/ |
professassent /pʁɔ.fɛ.sas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | professe /pʁɔ.fɛs/ |
— | professons /pʁɔ.fɛ.sɔ̃/ |
professez /pʁɔ.fɛ.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
References
- “professer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Verb
professer
- to strive for; to aspire to
- (Christianity, chiefly in the passive voice) to profess (administer the vows of a religious order)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of professer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | professer | avoir professé | |||||
| gerund | en professant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | professant | ||||||
| past participle | professé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | profes | professes | professe | professons | professez | professent |
| imperfect | professoie, professeie, professoe, professeve | professoies, professeies, professoes, professeves | professoit, professeit, professot, professeve | professiiens, professiens | professiiez, professiez | professoient, professeient, professoent, professevent | |
| preterite | professai | professas | professa | professames | professastes | professerent | |
| future | professerai | professeras | professera | professerons | professeroiz, professereiz, professerez | professeront | |
| conditional | professeroie, professereie | professeroies, professereies | professeroit, professereit | professeriiens, professeriens | professeriiez, professeriez | professeroient, professereient | |
| 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 | profes | profes | profest | professons | professez | professent |
| imperfect | professasse | professasses | professast | professissons, professissiens | professissoiz, professissez, professissiez | professassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | professe | — | professons | professez | — | ||