First-group verb

Conjugation in Provençal

Conjugation of the verb tapa

tapa

to cover

Source: Conseil de l'Écrit Mistralien

Every form of the conjugation of the Provençal verb tapa 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.tape
2nd pers. sing.tapes
3rd pers. sing.tapo
1st pers. plur.tapan
2nd pers. plur.tapas
3rd pers. plur.tapon

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.tapave
2nd pers. sing.tapaves
3rd pers. sing.tapavo
1st pers. plur.tapavian
2nd pers. plur.tapavias
3rd pers. plur.tapavon

Preterite

1st pers. sing.tapère
2nd pers. sing.tapères
3rd pers. sing.tapè
1st pers. plur.taperian
2nd pers. plur.taperias
3rd pers. plur.tapèron

Future

1st pers. sing.taparai
2nd pers. sing.taparas
3rd pers. sing.tapara
1st pers. plur.taparen
2nd pers. plur.taparés
3rd pers. plur.taparan

Conditional

Present

1st pers. sing.tapariéu
2nd pers. sing.tapariés
3rd pers. sing.taparié
1st pers. plur.taparian
2nd pers. plur.taparias
3rd pers. plur.taparien

Subjunctive

Present

1st pers. sing.tape
2nd pers. sing.tapes
3rd pers. sing.tape
1st pers. plur.tapen
2nd pers. plur.tapés
3rd pers. plur.tapon

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.tapèsse
2nd pers. sing.tapèsses
3rd pers. sing.tapèsse
1st pers. plur.tapessian
2nd pers. plur.tapessias
3rd pers. plur.tapèsson

Imperative

Present

2nd pers. sing.tapo
1st pers. plur.tapen
2nd pers. plur.tapas

Non-finite forms

Present participle

tapant

Past participle

Masculinetapa
Femininetapado

Infinitive

tapa

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