First-group verb

Conjugation in Provençal

Conjugation of the verb biscanta

biscanta

Source: Conseil de l'Écrit Mistralien

Every form of the conjugation of the Provençal verb biscanta 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.biscante
2nd pers. sing.biscantes
3rd pers. sing.biscanto
1st pers. plur.biscantan
2nd pers. plur.biscantas
3rd pers. plur.biscanton

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.biscantave
2nd pers. sing.biscantaves
3rd pers. sing.biscantavo
1st pers. plur.biscantavian
2nd pers. plur.biscantavias
3rd pers. plur.biscantavon

Preterite

1st pers. sing.biscantère
2nd pers. sing.biscantères
3rd pers. sing.biscantè
1st pers. plur.biscanterian
2nd pers. plur.biscanterias
3rd pers. plur.biscantèron

Future

1st pers. sing.biscantarai
2nd pers. sing.biscantaras
3rd pers. sing.biscantara
1st pers. plur.biscantaren
2nd pers. plur.biscantarés
3rd pers. plur.biscantaran

Conditional

Present

1st pers. sing.biscantariéu
2nd pers. sing.biscantariés
3rd pers. sing.biscantarié
1st pers. plur.biscantarian
2nd pers. plur.biscantarias
3rd pers. plur.biscantarien

Subjunctive

Present

1st pers. sing.biscante
2nd pers. sing.biscantes
3rd pers. sing.biscante
1st pers. plur.biscanten
2nd pers. plur.biscantés
3rd pers. plur.biscanton

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.biscantèsse
2nd pers. sing.biscantèsses
3rd pers. sing.biscantèsse
1st pers. plur.biscantessian
2nd pers. plur.biscantessias
3rd pers. plur.biscantèsson

Imperative

Present

2nd pers. sing.biscanto
1st pers. plur.biscanten
2nd pers. plur.biscantas

Non-finite forms

Present participle

biscantant

Past participle

Masculinebiscanta
Femininebiscantado

Infinitive

biscanta

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