Third-group verb

Conjugation in Provençal

Conjugation of the verb èstre

èstre

Source: Conseil de l'Écrit Mistralien

Every form of the conjugation of the Provençal verb èstre 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.siéu
2nd pers. sing.siés
3rd pers. sing.es
1st pers. plur.sian
2nd pers. plur.sias
3rd pers. plur.soun

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.ère
2nd pers. sing.ères
3rd pers. sing.èro
1st pers. plur.erian
2nd pers. plur.erias
3rd pers. plur.èron

Preterite

1st pers. sing.siguère
2nd pers. sing.siguères
3rd pers. sing.siguè
1st pers. plur.siguerian
2nd pers. plur.siguerias
3rd pers. plur.siguèron

Future

1st pers. sing.sarai
2nd pers. sing.saras
3rd pers. sing.sara
1st pers. plur.saren
2nd pers. plur.sarés
3rd pers. plur.saran

Conditional

Present

1st pers. sing.sariéu
2nd pers. sing.sariés
3rd pers. sing.sarié
1st pers. plur.sarian
2nd pers. plur.sarias
3rd pers. plur.sarien

Subjunctive

Present

1st pers. sing.siegue
2nd pers. sing.siegues
3rd pers. sing.siegue
1st pers. plur.siguen
2nd pers. plur.sigués
3rd pers. plur.siegon

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.siguèsse
2nd pers. sing.siguèsses
3rd pers. sing.siguèsse
1st pers. plur.siguessian
2nd pers. plur.siguessias
3rd pers. plur.siguèsson

Imperative

Present

2nd pers. sing.siegues
1st pers. plur.siguen
2nd pers. plur.sigués

Non-finite forms

Present participle

estènt

Past participle

Masculineesta
Feminineestado

Infinitive

èstre

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