First-group verb

Conjugation in Provençal

Conjugation of the verb canta

canta

Source: Conseil de l'Écrit Mistralien

Every form of the conjugation of the Provençal verb canta 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.cante
2nd pers. sing.cantes
3rd pers. sing.canto
1st pers. plur.cantan
2nd pers. plur.cantas
3rd pers. plur.canton

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.cantave
2nd pers. sing.cantaves
3rd pers. sing.cantavo
1st pers. plur.cantavian
2nd pers. plur.cantavias
3rd pers. plur.cantavon

Preterite

1st pers. sing.cantère
2nd pers. sing.cantères
3rd pers. sing.cantè
1st pers. plur.canterian
2nd pers. plur.canterias
3rd pers. plur.cantèron

Future

1st pers. sing.cantarai
2nd pers. sing.cantaras
3rd pers. sing.cantara
1st pers. plur.cantaren
2nd pers. plur.cantarés
3rd pers. plur.cantaran

Conditional

Present

1st pers. sing.cantariéu
2nd pers. sing.cantariés
3rd pers. sing.cantarié
1st pers. plur.cantarian
2nd pers. plur.cantarias
3rd pers. plur.cantarien

Subjunctive

Present

1st pers. sing.cante
2nd pers. sing.cantes
3rd pers. sing.cante
1st pers. plur.canten
2nd pers. plur.cantés
3rd pers. plur.canton

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.cantèsse
2nd pers. sing.cantèsses
3rd pers. sing.cantèsse
1st pers. plur.cantessian
2nd pers. plur.cantessias
3rd pers. plur.cantèsson

Imperative

Present

2nd pers. sing.canto
1st pers. plur.canten
2nd pers. plur.cantas

Non-finite forms

Present participle

cantant

Past participle

Masculinecanta
Femininecantado

Infinitive

canta

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