First-group verb

Conjugation in Provençal

Conjugation of the verb preserva

preserva

Source: Conseil de l'Écrit Mistralien

Every form of the conjugation of the Provençal verb preserva 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.preserve
2nd pers. sing.preserves
3rd pers. sing.preservo
1st pers. plur.preservan
2nd pers. plur.preservas
3rd pers. plur.preservon

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.preservave
2nd pers. sing.preservaves
3rd pers. sing.preservavo
1st pers. plur.preservavian
2nd pers. plur.preservavias
3rd pers. plur.preservavon

Preterite

1st pers. sing.preservère
2nd pers. sing.preservères
3rd pers. sing.preservè
1st pers. plur.preserverian
2nd pers. plur.preserverias
3rd pers. plur.preservèron

Future

1st pers. sing.preservarai
2nd pers. sing.preservaras
3rd pers. sing.preservara
1st pers. plur.preservaren
2nd pers. plur.preservarés
3rd pers. plur.preservaran

Conditional

Present

1st pers. sing.preservariéu
2nd pers. sing.preservariés
3rd pers. sing.preservarié
1st pers. plur.preservarian
2nd pers. plur.preservarias
3rd pers. plur.preservarien

Subjunctive

Present

1st pers. sing.preserve
2nd pers. sing.preserves
3rd pers. sing.preserve
1st pers. plur.preserven
2nd pers. plur.preservés
3rd pers. plur.preservon

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.preservèsse
2nd pers. sing.preservèsses
3rd pers. sing.preservèsse
1st pers. plur.preservessian
2nd pers. plur.preservessias
3rd pers. plur.preservèsson

Imperative

Present

2nd pers. sing.preservo
1st pers. plur.preserven
2nd pers. plur.preservas

Non-finite forms

Present participle

preservant

Past participle

Masculinepreserva
Femininepreservado

Infinitive

preserva

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