First-group verb

Conjugation in Provençal

Conjugation of the verb escava

escava

Source: Conseil de l'Écrit Mistralien

Every form of the conjugation of the Provençal verb escava 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.escave
2nd pers. sing.escaves
3rd pers. sing.escavo
1st pers. plur.escavan
2nd pers. plur.escavas
3rd pers. plur.escavon

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.escavave
2nd pers. sing.escavaves
3rd pers. sing.escavavo
1st pers. plur.escavavian
2nd pers. plur.escavavias
3rd pers. plur.escavavon

Preterite

1st pers. sing.escavère
2nd pers. sing.escavères
3rd pers. sing.escavè
1st pers. plur.escaverian
2nd pers. plur.escaverias
3rd pers. plur.escavèron

Future

1st pers. sing.escavarai
2nd pers. sing.escavaras
3rd pers. sing.escavara
1st pers. plur.escavaren
2nd pers. plur.escavarés
3rd pers. plur.escavaran

Conditional

Present

1st pers. sing.escavariéu
2nd pers. sing.escavariés
3rd pers. sing.escavarié
1st pers. plur.escavarian
2nd pers. plur.escavarias
3rd pers. plur.escavarien

Subjunctive

Present

1st pers. sing.escave
2nd pers. sing.escaves
3rd pers. sing.escave
1st pers. plur.escaven
2nd pers. plur.escavés
3rd pers. plur.escavon

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.escavèsse
2nd pers. sing.escavèsses
3rd pers. sing.escavèsse
1st pers. plur.escavessian
2nd pers. plur.escavessias
3rd pers. plur.escavèsson

Imperative

Present

2nd pers. sing.escavo
1st pers. plur.escaven
2nd pers. plur.escavas

Non-finite forms

Present participle

escavant

Past participle

Masculineescava
Feminineescavado

Infinitive

escava

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