First-group verb

Conjugation in Provençal

Conjugation of the verb garda

garda

to keep

Source: Conseil de l'Écrit Mistralien

Every form of the conjugation of the Provençal verb garda 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.garde
2nd pers. sing.gardes
3rd pers. sing.gardo
1st pers. plur.gardan
2nd pers. plur.gardas
3rd pers. plur.gardon

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.gardave
2nd pers. sing.gardaves
3rd pers. sing.gardavo
1st pers. plur.gardavian
2nd pers. plur.gardavias
3rd pers. plur.gardavon

Preterite

1st pers. sing.gardère
2nd pers. sing.gardères
3rd pers. sing.gardè
1st pers. plur.garderian
2nd pers. plur.garderias
3rd pers. plur.gardèron

Future

1st pers. sing.gardarai
2nd pers. sing.gardaras
3rd pers. sing.gardara
1st pers. plur.gardaren
2nd pers. plur.gardarés
3rd pers. plur.gardaran

Conditional

Present

1st pers. sing.gardariéu
2nd pers. sing.gardariés
3rd pers. sing.gardarié
1st pers. plur.gardarian
2nd pers. plur.gardarias
3rd pers. plur.gardarien

Subjunctive

Present

1st pers. sing.garde
2nd pers. sing.gardes
3rd pers. sing.garde
1st pers. plur.garden
2nd pers. plur.gardés
3rd pers. plur.gardon

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.gardèsse
2nd pers. sing.gardèsses
3rd pers. sing.gardèsse
1st pers. plur.gardessian
2nd pers. plur.gardessias
3rd pers. plur.gardèsson

Imperative

Present

2nd pers. sing.gardo
1st pers. plur.garden
2nd pers. plur.gardas

Non-finite forms

Present participle

gardant

Past participle

Masculinegarda
Femininegardado

Infinitive

garda

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