First-group verb

Conjugation in Provençal

Conjugation of the verb merita

merita

Source: Conseil de l'Écrit Mistralien

Every form of the conjugation of the Provençal verb merita 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.merite
2nd pers. sing.merites
3rd pers. sing.merito
1st pers. plur.meritan
2nd pers. plur.meritas
3rd pers. plur.meriton

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.meritave
2nd pers. sing.meritaves
3rd pers. sing.meritavo
1st pers. plur.meritavian
2nd pers. plur.meritavias
3rd pers. plur.meritavon

Preterite

1st pers. sing.meritère
2nd pers. sing.meritères
3rd pers. sing.meritè
1st pers. plur.meriterian
2nd pers. plur.meriterias
3rd pers. plur.meritèron

Future

1st pers. sing.meritarai
2nd pers. sing.meritaras
3rd pers. sing.meritara
1st pers. plur.meritaren
2nd pers. plur.meritarés
3rd pers. plur.meritaran

Conditional

Present

1st pers. sing.meritariéu
2nd pers. sing.meritariés
3rd pers. sing.meritarié
1st pers. plur.meritarian
2nd pers. plur.meritarias
3rd pers. plur.meritarien

Subjunctive

Present

1st pers. sing.merite
2nd pers. sing.merites
3rd pers. sing.merite
1st pers. plur.meriten
2nd pers. plur.merités
3rd pers. plur.meriton

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.meritèsse
2nd pers. sing.meritèsses
3rd pers. sing.meritèsse
1st pers. plur.meritessian
2nd pers. plur.meritessias
3rd pers. plur.meritèsson

Imperative

Present

2nd pers. sing.merito
1st pers. plur.meriten
2nd pers. plur.meritas

Non-finite forms

Present participle

meritant

Past participle

Masculinemerita
Femininemeritado

Infinitive

merita

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