tesmoing + -er
tesmoignier
to witness ; to bare witness
c. 1175 , Chrétien de Troyes , Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette , line 9:jel tesmoignasse I witnessed it
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier , with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er , but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ign , *-igns , *-ignt are modified to ing , inz , int . Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple
compound
infinitive
tesmoignier
avoir tesmoignié
gerund
en tesmoignant
gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle
tesmoignant
past participle
tesmoignié
person
singular
plural
first
second
third
first
second
third
indicative
jo
tu
il
nos
vos
il
simple tenses
present
tesmoing
tesmoignes
tesmoigne
tesmoignons
tesmoigniez
tesmoignent
imperfect
tesmoignoie , tesmoigneie , tesmoignoe , tesmoignieve
tesmoignoies , tesmoigneies , tesmoignoes , tesmoignieves
tesmoignoit , tesmoigneit , tesmoignot , tesmoignieve
tesmoigniiens , tesmoigniens
tesmoigniiez , tesmoigniez
tesmoignoient , tesmoigneient , tesmoignoent , tesmoignievent
preterite
tesmoignai
tesmoignas
tesmoigna
tesmoignames
tesmoignastes
tesmoignierent
future
tesmoignerai
tesmoigneras
tesmoignera
tesmoignerons
tesmoigneroiz , tesmoignereiz , tesmoignerez
tesmoigneront
conditional
tesmoigneroie , tesmoignereie
tesmoigneroies , tesmoignereies
tesmoigneroit , tesmoignereit
tesmoigneriiens , tesmoigneriens
tesmoigneriiez , tesmoigneriez
tesmoigneroient , tesmoignereient
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
tesmoing
tesmoinz
tesmoint
tesmoignons
tesmoigniez
tesmoignent
imperfect
tesmoignasse
tesmoignasses
tesmoignast
tesmoignissons , tesmoignissiens
tesmoignissoiz , tesmoignissez , tesmoignissiez
tesmoignassent
compound tenses
past
present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative
–
tu
–
nos
vos
–
—
tesmoigne
—
tesmoignons
tesmoigniez
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