First-group verb

Conjugation in Provençal

Conjugation of the verb pretesta

pretesta

Source: Conseil de l'Écrit Mistralien

Every form of the conjugation of the Provençal verb pretesta 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.pretèste
2nd pers. sing.pretèstes
3rd pers. sing.pretèsto
1st pers. plur.pretestan
2nd pers. plur.pretestas
3rd pers. plur.pretèston

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.pretestave
2nd pers. sing.pretestaves
3rd pers. sing.pretestavo
1st pers. plur.pretestavian
2nd pers. plur.pretestavias
3rd pers. plur.pretestavon

Preterite

1st pers. sing.pretestère
2nd pers. sing.pretestères
3rd pers. sing.pretestè
1st pers. plur.pretesterian
2nd pers. plur.pretesterias
3rd pers. plur.pretestèron

Future

1st pers. sing.pretestarai
2nd pers. sing.pretestaras
3rd pers. sing.pretestara
1st pers. plur.pretestaren
2nd pers. plur.pretestarés
3rd pers. plur.pretestaran

Conditional

Present

1st pers. sing.pretestariéu
2nd pers. sing.pretestariés
3rd pers. sing.pretestarié
1st pers. plur.pretestarian
2nd pers. plur.pretestarias
3rd pers. plur.pretestarien

Subjunctive

Present

1st pers. sing.pretèste
2nd pers. sing.pretèstes
3rd pers. sing.pretèste
1st pers. plur.pretesten
2nd pers. plur.pretestés
3rd pers. plur.pretèston

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.pretestèsse
2nd pers. sing.pretestèsses
3rd pers. sing.pretestèsse
1st pers. plur.pretestessian
2nd pers. plur.pretestessias
3rd pers. plur.pretestèsson

Imperative

Present

2nd pers. sing.pretèsto
1st pers. plur.pretesten
2nd pers. plur.pretestas

Non-finite forms

Present participle

pretestant

Past participle

Masculinepretesta
Femininepretestado

Infinitive

pretesta

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