mentevoir

Old French

Alternative forms

• mentoivre

Etymology

From Latin mente habēre ("have in mind"). Compare Occitan mentàver.

Verb

mentevoir

1. to mention; to speak of

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a distinct stressed present stem, 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 mentevoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		mentevoir			avoir menteu
gerund		en mentevant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		mentevant
past participle		menteu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	mentoi	mentois	mentoit	mentevons	mentevez	mentoivent
	imperfect	mentevoie, menteveie	mentevoies, menteveies	mentevoit, menteveit	menteviiens, menteviens	menteviiez, menteviez	mentevoient, menteveient
	preterite	mentui	menteüs	mentut	menteümes	menteüstes	menturent
	future	mentevrai	mentevras	mentevra	mentevrons	mentevroiz, mentevreiz, mentevrez	mentevront
	conditional	mentevroie, mentevreie	mentevroies, mentevreies	mentevroit, mentevreit	mentevriiens, mentevriens	mentevriiez, mentevriez	mentevroient, mentevreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	mentoie, mentoive	mentoies, mentoives	mentoie, mentoive	mentoiiens, mentoions, mentevons	mentoiiez, mentevez	mentoient, mentoivent
	imperfect	menteüsse	menteüsses	menteüst	menteüssons, menteüssiens	menteüssoiz, menteüssez, menteüssiez	menteüssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	—	—	—	—	—

Descendants

• Italian: mentovare

See also

• mention