First-group verb

Conjugation in Provençal

Conjugation of the verb espanta

espanta

to overtake

Source: Conseil de l'Écrit Mistralien

Every form of the conjugation of the Provençal verb espanta 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.espante
2nd pers. sing.espantes
3rd pers. sing.espanto
1st pers. plur.espantan
2nd pers. plur.espantas
3rd pers. plur.espanton

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.espantave
2nd pers. sing.espantaves
3rd pers. sing.espantavo
1st pers. plur.espantavian
2nd pers. plur.espantavias
3rd pers. plur.espantavon

Preterite

1st pers. sing.espantère
2nd pers. sing.espantères
3rd pers. sing.espantè
1st pers. plur.espanterian
2nd pers. plur.espanterias
3rd pers. plur.espantèron

Future

1st pers. sing.espantarai
2nd pers. sing.espantaras
3rd pers. sing.espantara
1st pers. plur.espantaren
2nd pers. plur.espantarés
3rd pers. plur.espantaran

Conditional

Present

1st pers. sing.espantariéu
2nd pers. sing.espantariés
3rd pers. sing.espantarié
1st pers. plur.espantarian
2nd pers. plur.espantarias
3rd pers. plur.espantarien

Subjunctive

Present

1st pers. sing.espante
2nd pers. sing.espantes
3rd pers. sing.espante
1st pers. plur.espanten
2nd pers. plur.espantés
3rd pers. plur.espanton

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.espantèsse
2nd pers. sing.espantèsses
3rd pers. sing.espantèsse
1st pers. plur.espantessian
2nd pers. plur.espantessias
3rd pers. plur.espantèsson

Imperative

Present

2nd pers. sing.espanto
1st pers. plur.espanten
2nd pers. plur.espantas

Non-finite forms

Present participle

espantant

Past participle

Masculineespanta
Feminineespantado

Infinitive

espanta

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