First-group verb

Conjugation in Provençal

Conjugation of the verb bescanta

bescanta

Source: Conseil de l'Écrit Mistralien

Every form of the conjugation of the Provençal verb bescanta comes from the official conjugator of the Conseil de l'Écrit Mistralien. No form has been extrapolated.

The forms below are in Rhodanian Provençal. In Maritime Provençal, the first person singular takes -i: for example cante becomes canti in the present, and cantave becomes cantavi in the imperfect.

Indicative

Present

1st pers. sing.bescante
2nd pers. sing.bescantes
3rd pers. sing.bescanto
1st pers. plur.bescantan
2nd pers. plur.bescantas
3rd pers. plur.bescanton

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.bescantave
2nd pers. sing.bescantaves
3rd pers. sing.bescantavo
1st pers. plur.bescantavian
2nd pers. plur.bescantavias
3rd pers. plur.bescantavon

Preterite

1st pers. sing.bescantère
2nd pers. sing.bescantères
3rd pers. sing.bescantè
1st pers. plur.bescanterian
2nd pers. plur.bescanterias
3rd pers. plur.bescantèron

Future

1st pers. sing.bescantarai
2nd pers. sing.bescantaras
3rd pers. sing.bescantara
1st pers. plur.bescantaren
2nd pers. plur.bescantarés
3rd pers. plur.bescantaran

Conditional

Present

1st pers. sing.bescantariéu
2nd pers. sing.bescantariés
3rd pers. sing.bescantarié
1st pers. plur.bescantarian
2nd pers. plur.bescantarias
3rd pers. plur.bescantarien

Subjunctive

Present

1st pers. sing.bescante
2nd pers. sing.bescantes
3rd pers. sing.bescante
1st pers. plur.bescanten
2nd pers. plur.bescantés
3rd pers. plur.bescanton

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.bescantèsse
2nd pers. sing.bescantèsses
3rd pers. sing.bescantèsse
1st pers. plur.bescantessian
2nd pers. plur.bescantessias
3rd pers. plur.bescantèsson

Imperative

Present

2nd pers. sing.bescanto
1st pers. plur.bescanten
2nd pers. plur.bescantas

Non-finite forms

Present participle

bescantant

Past participle

Masculinebescanta
Femininebescantado

Infinitive

bescanta

Note: in Provençal, the past participle never takes -i in the plural; it agrees only in gender (masculine / feminine).