First-group verb

Conjugation in Provençal

Conjugation of the verb gava

gava

Source: Conseil de l'Écrit Mistralien

Every form of the conjugation of the Provençal verb gava 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.gave
2nd pers. sing.gaves
3rd pers. sing.gavo
1st pers. plur.gavan
2nd pers. plur.gavas
3rd pers. plur.gavon

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.gavave
2nd pers. sing.gavaves
3rd pers. sing.gavavo
1st pers. plur.gavavian
2nd pers. plur.gavavias
3rd pers. plur.gavavon

Preterite

1st pers. sing.gavère
2nd pers. sing.gavères
3rd pers. sing.gavè
1st pers. plur.gaverian
2nd pers. plur.gaverias
3rd pers. plur.gavèron

Future

1st pers. sing.gavarai
2nd pers. sing.gavaras
3rd pers. sing.gavara
1st pers. plur.gavaren
2nd pers. plur.gavarés
3rd pers. plur.gavaran

Conditional

Present

1st pers. sing.gavariéu
2nd pers. sing.gavariés
3rd pers. sing.gavarié
1st pers. plur.gavarian
2nd pers. plur.gavarias
3rd pers. plur.gavarien

Subjunctive

Present

1st pers. sing.gave
2nd pers. sing.gaves
3rd pers. sing.gave
1st pers. plur.gaven
2nd pers. plur.gavés
3rd pers. plur.gavon

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.gavèsse
2nd pers. sing.gavèsses
3rd pers. sing.gavèsse
1st pers. plur.gavessian
2nd pers. plur.gavessias
3rd pers. plur.gavèsson

Imperative

Present

2nd pers. sing.gavo
1st pers. plur.gaven
2nd pers. plur.gavas

Non-finite forms

Present participle

gavant

Past participle

Masculinegava
Femininegavado

Infinitive

gava

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