First-group verb

Conjugation in Provençal

Conjugation of the verb persista

persista

Source: Conseil de l'Écrit Mistralien

Every form of the conjugation of the Provençal verb persista 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.persiste
2nd pers. sing.persistes
3rd pers. sing.persisto
1st pers. plur.persistan
2nd pers. plur.persistas
3rd pers. plur.persiston

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.persistave
2nd pers. sing.persistaves
3rd pers. sing.persistavo
1st pers. plur.persistavian
2nd pers. plur.persistavias
3rd pers. plur.persistavon

Preterite

1st pers. sing.persistère
2nd pers. sing.persistères
3rd pers. sing.persistè
1st pers. plur.persisterian
2nd pers. plur.persisterias
3rd pers. plur.persistèron

Future

1st pers. sing.persistarai
2nd pers. sing.persistaras
3rd pers. sing.persistara
1st pers. plur.persistaren
2nd pers. plur.persistarés
3rd pers. plur.persistaran

Conditional

Present

1st pers. sing.persistariéu
2nd pers. sing.persistariés
3rd pers. sing.persistarié
1st pers. plur.persistarian
2nd pers. plur.persistarias
3rd pers. plur.persistarien

Subjunctive

Present

1st pers. sing.persiste
2nd pers. sing.persistes
3rd pers. sing.persiste
1st pers. plur.persisten
2nd pers. plur.persistés
3rd pers. plur.persiston

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.persistèsse
2nd pers. sing.persistèsses
3rd pers. sing.persistèsse
1st pers. plur.persistessian
2nd pers. plur.persistessias
3rd pers. plur.persistèsson

Imperative

Present

2nd pers. sing.persisto
1st pers. plur.persisten
2nd pers. plur.persistas

Non-finite forms

Present participle

persistant

Past participle

Masculinepersista
Femininepersistado

Infinitive

persista

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