faindre

Old French

Verb

faindre

1. Alternative form of feindre

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. 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 faindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		faindre			avoir faint
gerund		en faignant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		faignant
past participle		faint
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	faing	fainz	faint	faignons	faigniez	faignent
	imperfect	faignoie, faigneie	faignoies, faigneies	faignoit, faigneit	faigniiens, faigniens	faigniiez, faigniez	faignoient, faigneient
	preterite	fains	fainsis	fainst	fainsimes	fainsistes	fainstrent
	future	faindrai	faindras	faindra	faindrons	faindroiz, faindreiz, faindrez	faindront
	conditional	faindroie, faindreie	faindroies, faindreies	faindroit, faindreit	faindriiens, faindriens	faindriiez, faindriez	faindroient, faindreient
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	faigne	faignes	faigne	faigniens, faignons	faigniez	faignent
	imperfect	fainsisse	fainsisses	fainsist	fainsissons, fainsissiens	fainsissoiz, fainsissez, fainsissiez	fainsissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	faing	—	faignons	faigniez	—