First-group verb

Conjugation in Provençal

Conjugation of the verb couva

couva

Source: Conseil de l'Écrit Mistralien

Every form of the conjugation of the Provençal verb couva 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.couve
2nd pers. sing.couves
3rd pers. sing.couvo
1st pers. plur.couvan
2nd pers. plur.couvas
3rd pers. plur.couvon

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.couvave
2nd pers. sing.couvaves
3rd pers. sing.couvavo
1st pers. plur.couvavian
2nd pers. plur.couvavias
3rd pers. plur.couvavon

Preterite

1st pers. sing.couvère
2nd pers. sing.couvères
3rd pers. sing.couvè
1st pers. plur.couverian
2nd pers. plur.couverias
3rd pers. plur.couvèron

Future

1st pers. sing.couvarai
2nd pers. sing.couvaras
3rd pers. sing.couvara
1st pers. plur.couvaren
2nd pers. plur.couvarés
3rd pers. plur.couvaran

Conditional

Present

1st pers. sing.couvariéu
2nd pers. sing.couvariés
3rd pers. sing.couvarié
1st pers. plur.couvarian
2nd pers. plur.couvarias
3rd pers. plur.couvarien

Subjunctive

Present

1st pers. sing.couve
2nd pers. sing.couves
3rd pers. sing.couve
1st pers. plur.couven
2nd pers. plur.couvés
3rd pers. plur.couvon

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.couvèsse
2nd pers. sing.couvèsses
3rd pers. sing.couvèsse
1st pers. plur.couvessian
2nd pers. plur.couvessias
3rd pers. plur.couvèsson

Imperative

Present

2nd pers. sing.couvo
1st pers. plur.couven
2nd pers. plur.couvas

Non-finite forms

Present participle

couvant

Past participle

Masculinecouva
Femininecouvado

Infinitive

couva

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