First-group verb

Conjugation in Provençal

Conjugation of the verb bifa

bifa

Source: Conseil de l'Écrit Mistralien

Every form of the conjugation of the Provençal verb bifa 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.bife
2nd pers. sing.bifes
3rd pers. sing.bifo
1st pers. plur.bifan
2nd pers. plur.bifas
3rd pers. plur.bifon

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.bifave
2nd pers. sing.bifaves
3rd pers. sing.bifavo
1st pers. plur.bifavian
2nd pers. plur.bifavias
3rd pers. plur.bifavon

Preterite

1st pers. sing.bifère
2nd pers. sing.bifères
3rd pers. sing.bifè
1st pers. plur.biferian
2nd pers. plur.biferias
3rd pers. plur.bifèron

Future

1st pers. sing.bifarai
2nd pers. sing.bifaras
3rd pers. sing.bifara
1st pers. plur.bifaren
2nd pers. plur.bifarés
3rd pers. plur.bifaran

Conditional

Present

1st pers. sing.bifariéu
2nd pers. sing.bifariés
3rd pers. sing.bifarié
1st pers. plur.bifarian
2nd pers. plur.bifarias
3rd pers. plur.bifarien

Subjunctive

Present

1st pers. sing.bife
2nd pers. sing.bifes
3rd pers. sing.bife
1st pers. plur.bifen
2nd pers. plur.bifés
3rd pers. plur.bifon

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.bifèsse
2nd pers. sing.bifèsses
3rd pers. sing.bifèsse
1st pers. plur.bifessian
2nd pers. plur.bifessias
3rd pers. plur.bifèsson

Imperative

Present

2nd pers. sing.bifo
1st pers. plur.bifen
2nd pers. plur.bifas

Non-finite forms

Present participle

bifant

Past participle

Masculinebifa
Femininebifado

Infinitive

bifa

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