pruver

Old French

Verb

pruver

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of prover

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has a stressed present stem pruev distinct from the unstressed stem pruv, 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 pruver (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		pruver			avoir pruvé
gerund		en pruvant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		pruvant
past participle		pruvé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	pruis	prueves	prueve	pruvons	pruvez	pruevent
	imperfect	pruvoie, pruveie, pruvoe, pruveve	pruvoies, pruveies, pruvoes, pruveves	pruvoit, pruveit, pruvot, pruveve	pruviiens, pruviens	pruviiez, pruviez	pruvoient, pruveient, pruvoent, pruvevent
	preterite	pruvai	pruvas	pruva	pruvames	pruvastes	pruverent
	future	pruverai	pruveras	pruvera	pruverons	pruveroiz, pruvereiz, pruverez	pruveront
	conditional	pruveroie, pruvereie	pruveroies, pruvereies	pruveroit, pruvereit	pruveriiens, pruveriens	pruveriiez, pruveriez	pruveroient, pruvereient
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	pruisse	pruisses	pruisse, pruist	provons, pruissiens, pruissons	provez, pruissiez	pruissent
	imperfect	pruvasse	pruvasses	pruvast	pruvissons, pruvissiens	pruvissoiz, pruvissez, pruvissiez	pruvassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	pruisse	—	pruvons	pruvez	—