Second-group verb

Conjugation in Provençal

Conjugation of the verb manteni

manteni

Source: Conseil de l'Écrit Mistralien

Every form of the conjugation of the Provençal verb manteni 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.mantène
2nd pers. sing.mantènes
3rd pers. sing.mantèn
1st pers. plur.mantenèn
2nd pers. plur.mantenès
3rd pers. plur.mantènon

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.manteniéu
2nd pers. sing.manteniés
3rd pers. sing.mantenié
1st pers. plur.mantenian
2nd pers. plur.mantenias
3rd pers. plur.mantenien

Preterite

1st pers. sing.mantenguère
2nd pers. sing.mantenguères
3rd pers. sing.mantenguè
1st pers. plur.mantenguerian
2nd pers. plur.mantenguerias
3rd pers. plur.mantenguèron

Future

1st pers. sing.mantendrai
2nd pers. sing.mantendras
3rd pers. sing.mantendra
1st pers. plur.mantendren
2nd pers. plur.mantendrés
3rd pers. plur.mantendran

Conditional

Present

1st pers. sing.mantendriéu
2nd pers. sing.mantendriés
3rd pers. sing.mantendrié
1st pers. plur.mantendrian
2nd pers. plur.mantendrias
3rd pers. plur.mantendrien

Subjunctive

Present

1st pers. sing.mantèngue
2nd pers. sing.mantèngues
3rd pers. sing.mantèngue
1st pers. plur.mantenguen
2nd pers. plur.mantengués
3rd pers. plur.mantèngon

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.mantenguèsse
2nd pers. sing.mantenguèsses
3rd pers. sing.mantenguèsse
1st pers. plur.mantenguessian
2nd pers. plur.mantenguessias
3rd pers. plur.mantenguèsson

Imperative

Present

2nd pers. sing.mantène
1st pers. plur.mantenen
2nd pers. plur.mantenès

Non-finite forms

Present participle

mantenènt

Past participle

Masculinemantengu
Femininemantengudo

Infinitive

manteni

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