Third-group verb

Conjugation in Provençal

Conjugation of the verb defèndre

defèndre

Source: Conseil de l'Écrit Mistralien

Every form of the conjugation of the Provençal verb defèndre 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.defènde
2nd pers. sing.defèndes
3rd pers. sing.defènd
1st pers. plur.defendèn
2nd pers. plur.defendès
3rd pers. plur.defèndon

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.defendiéu
2nd pers. sing.defendiés
3rd pers. sing.defendié
1st pers. plur.defendian
2nd pers. plur.defendias
3rd pers. plur.defendien

Preterite

1st pers. sing.defendeguère
2nd pers. sing.defendeguères
3rd pers. sing.defendeguè
1st pers. plur.defendeguerian
2nd pers. plur.defendeguerias
3rd pers. plur.defendeguèron

Future

1st pers. sing.defendrai
2nd pers. sing.defendras
3rd pers. sing.defendra
1st pers. plur.defendren
2nd pers. plur.defendrés
3rd pers. plur.defendran

Conditional

Present

1st pers. sing.defendriéu
2nd pers. sing.defendriés
3rd pers. sing.defendrié
1st pers. plur.defendrian
2nd pers. plur.defendrias
3rd pers. plur.defendrien

Subjunctive

Present

1st pers. sing.defènde
2nd pers. sing.defèndes
3rd pers. sing.defènde
1st pers. plur.defenden
2nd pers. plur.defendés
3rd pers. plur.defèndon

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.defendeguèsse
2nd pers. sing.defendeguèsses
3rd pers. sing.defendeguèsse
1st pers. plur.defendeguessian
2nd pers. plur.defendeguessias
3rd pers. plur.defendeguèsson

Imperative

Present

2nd pers. sing.defènde
1st pers. plur.defenden
2nd pers. plur.defendès

Non-finite forms

Present participle

defendènt

Past participle

Masculinedefendu
Femininedefendudo

Infinitive

defèndre

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