First-group verb

Conjugation in Provençal

Conjugation of the verb espera

espera

Source: Conseil de l'Écrit Mistralien

Every form of the conjugation of the Provençal verb espera 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.espère
2nd pers. sing.espères
3rd pers. sing.espèro
1st pers. plur.esperan
2nd pers. plur.esperas
3rd pers. plur.espèron

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.esperave
2nd pers. sing.esperaves
3rd pers. sing.esperavo
1st pers. plur.esperavian
2nd pers. plur.esperavias
3rd pers. plur.esperavon

Preterite

1st pers. sing.esperère
2nd pers. sing.esperères
3rd pers. sing.esperè
1st pers. plur.espererian
2nd pers. plur.espererias
3rd pers. plur.esperèron

Future

1st pers. sing.esperarai
2nd pers. sing.esperaras
3rd pers. sing.esperara
1st pers. plur.esperaren
2nd pers. plur.esperarés
3rd pers. plur.esperaran

Conditional

Present

1st pers. sing.esperariéu
2nd pers. sing.esperariés
3rd pers. sing.esperarié
1st pers. plur.esperarian
2nd pers. plur.esperarias
3rd pers. plur.esperarien

Subjunctive

Present

1st pers. sing.espère
2nd pers. sing.espères
3rd pers. sing.espère
1st pers. plur.esperen
2nd pers. plur.esperés
3rd pers. plur.espèron

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.esperèsse
2nd pers. sing.esperèsses
3rd pers. sing.esperèsse
1st pers. plur.esperessian
2nd pers. plur.esperessias
3rd pers. plur.esperèsson

Imperative

Present

2nd pers. sing.espèro
1st pers. plur.esperen
2nd pers. plur.esperas

Non-finite forms

Present participle

esperant

Past participle

Masculineespera
Feminineesperado

Infinitive

espera

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