First-group verb

Conjugation in Provençal

Conjugation of the verb lava

lava

to wash

Source: Conseil de l'Écrit Mistralien

Every form of the conjugation of the Provençal verb lava 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.lave
2nd pers. sing.laves
3rd pers. sing.lavo
1st pers. plur.lavan
2nd pers. plur.lavas
3rd pers. plur.lavon

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.lavave
2nd pers. sing.lavaves
3rd pers. sing.lavavo
1st pers. plur.lavavian
2nd pers. plur.lavavias
3rd pers. plur.lavavon

Preterite

1st pers. sing.lavère
2nd pers. sing.lavères
3rd pers. sing.lavè
1st pers. plur.laverian
2nd pers. plur.laverias
3rd pers. plur.lavèron

Future

1st pers. sing.lavarai
2nd pers. sing.lavaras
3rd pers. sing.lavara
1st pers. plur.lavaren
2nd pers. plur.lavarés
3rd pers. plur.lavaran

Conditional

Present

1st pers. sing.lavariéu
2nd pers. sing.lavariés
3rd pers. sing.lavarié
1st pers. plur.lavarian
2nd pers. plur.lavarias
3rd pers. plur.lavarien

Subjunctive

Present

1st pers. sing.lave
2nd pers. sing.laves
3rd pers. sing.lave
1st pers. plur.laven
2nd pers. plur.lavés
3rd pers. plur.lavon

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.lavèsse
2nd pers. sing.lavèsses
3rd pers. sing.lavèsse
1st pers. plur.lavessian
2nd pers. plur.lavessias
3rd pers. plur.lavèsson

Imperative

Present

2nd pers. sing.lavo
1st pers. plur.laven
2nd pers. plur.lavas

Non-finite forms

Present participle

lavant

Past participle

Masculinelava
Femininelavado

Infinitive

lava

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