saupre

Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sapĕre. Compare the 'main' Occitan form saber, from a variant *sapēre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

saupre

1. alternative form of saber (“to know”)

Conjugation

    Niçard

		simple			compound
infinitive		saupre [ˈsɔu̯pʀe]			aver sauput [sɔu̯ˈpyt]
gerund		saupènt [sɔu̯ˈpɛ̃ŋ]			use gerund of èstre + past participle
past participle		sauput [sɔu̯ˈpyt]			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	sabi, sai2 [ˈsabi], [ˈsai̯]	sabes, sas2 [ˈsabes], [ˈsas]	saup [ˈsɔu̯]	sabèm [saˈbɛ̃ŋ]	sabètz [saˈbɛs]	sabon [ˈsabũŋ]
	imperfect	sabii [saˈbiji]	sabies [saˈbijes]	sabia [saˈbija]	sabiavam [sabjaˈvãŋ]	sabiavatz [sabjaˈvas]	sabion [saˈbiju(ŋ)]
	preterite	saupèri1 [sɔu̯ˈpɛʀi]	saupères1 [sɔu̯ˈpɛʀes]	saupèt1 [sɔu̯ˈpɛ]	sauperiam1 [sɔu̯peˈʀjãŋ]	sauperiatz1 [sɔu̯peˈʀjas]	saupèron1 [sɔu̯ˈpɛʀu(ŋ)]
	future	sauprai [sɔu̯ˈpʀai̯]	saupràs [sɔu̯ˈpʀas]	sauprà [sɔu̯ˈpʀa]	sauprèm [sɔu̯ˈpʀɛ̃ŋ]	sauprètz [sɔu̯ˈpʀɛs]	saupràn [sɔu̯ˈpʀãŋ]
	conditional	sauprii [sɔu̯ˈpʀiji]	saupries [sɔu̯ˈpʀijes]	saupria [sɔu̯ˈpʀija]	saupriavam [sɔu̯pʀjaˈvãŋ]	saupriavatz [sɔu̯pʀjaˈvas]	sauprion [sɔu̯ˈpʀiju(ŋ)]
	conditional 2nd form1
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	saupi [ˈsau̯.pi]	saupes [ˈsau̯.pes]	saupe [ˈsau̯.pe]	saupem [sɔu̯.ˈpẽŋ]	saupetz [sɔu̯.ˈpes]	saupon [ˈsau̯.pu(ŋ)]
	imperfect	saupessi1 [sɔu̯ˈpesi]	saupesses1 [sɔu̯ˈpeses]	saupesse1 [sɔu̯ˈpese]	saupessiam1, saupessèm1 [sɔu̯peˈsjãŋ], [sɔu̯peˈsɛ̃ŋ]	saupessiatz1, saupessètz1 [sɔu̯peˈsjãs], [sɔu̯peˈsɛs]	saupesson1 [sɔu̯ˈpesu(ŋ)]
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			sabe [ˈsabe]		saupem [sɔu̯ˈpẽŋ]	sabètz [saˈbɛs]	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects
1 : archaic 2 : unstressed