Second-group verb

Conjugation in Provençal

Conjugation of the verb preferi

preferi

Source: Conseil de l'Écrit Mistralien

Every form of the conjugation of the Provençal verb preferi 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.preferisse
2nd pers. sing.preferisses
3rd pers. sing.preferis
1st pers. plur.preferissèn
2nd pers. plur.preferissès
3rd pers. plur.preferisson

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.preferissiéu
2nd pers. sing.preferissiés
3rd pers. sing.preferissié
1st pers. plur.preferissian
2nd pers. plur.preferissias
3rd pers. plur.preferissien

Preterite

1st pers. sing.preferiguère
2nd pers. sing.preferiguères
3rd pers. sing.preferiguè
1st pers. plur.preferiguerian
2nd pers. plur.preferiguerias
3rd pers. plur.preferiguèron

Future

1st pers. sing.preferirai
2nd pers. sing.preferiras
3rd pers. sing.preferira
1st pers. plur.preferiren
2nd pers. plur.preferirés
3rd pers. plur.preferiran

Conditional

Present

1st pers. sing.prefeririéu
2nd pers. sing.prefeririés
3rd pers. sing.preferirié
1st pers. plur.preferirian
2nd pers. plur.preferirias
3rd pers. plur.preferirien

Subjunctive

Present

1st pers. sing.preferigue
2nd pers. sing.preferigues
3rd pers. sing.preferigue
1st pers. plur.preferiguen
2nd pers. plur.preferigués
3rd pers. plur.preferigon

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.preferiguèsse
2nd pers. sing.preferiguèsses
3rd pers. sing.preferiguèsse
1st pers. plur.preferiguessian
2nd pers. plur.preferiguessias
3rd pers. plur.preferiguèsson

Imperative

Present

2nd pers. sing.preferisse
1st pers. plur.preferissen
2nd pers. plur.preferissès

Non-finite forms

Present participle

preferissènt

Past participle

Masculinepreferi
Femininepreferido

Infinitive

preferi

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