ymaginer

Middle French

Alternative forms

• imaginer

Etymology

Old French imaginer.

Verb

ymaginer

1. to imagine (to conceive of mentally)

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of ymaginer

infinitive	simple	ymaginer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	ymaginant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		ymaginé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ymagine	ymagines	ymagine	ymaginons	ymaginez	ymaginent
	imperfect	ymaginois, ymaginoys	ymaginois, ymaginoys	ymaginoit, ymaginoyt	ymaginions, ymaginyons	ymaginiez, ymaginyez	ymaginoient, ymaginoyent
	past historic	ymagina	ymaginas	ymagina	ymaginasmes	ymaginastes	ymaginerent
	future	ymaginerai, ymagineray	ymagineras	ymaginera	ymaginerons	ymaginerez	ymagineront
	conditional	ymaginerois, ymagineroys	ymaginerois, ymagineroys	ymagineroit, ymagineroyt	ymaginerions, ymagineryons	ymagineriez, ymagineryez	ymagineroient, ymagineroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	ymagine	ymagines	ymagine	ymaginons	ymaginez	ymaginent
	imperfect	ymaginasse	ymaginasses	ymaginast	ymaginassions	ymaginassiez	ymaginassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ymagine	—	ymaginons	ymaginez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Related terms

• ymage
• ymaginatif
• ymagination