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plovoir
plovoir
Old French
Alternative forms
- plover
- pluveir
Verb
plovoir
- to rain
- circa 1250, Rutebeuf, De saint Esglise:
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Ne face Diex sor vous plovoir
- May god not make it rain on you
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Ne face Diex sor vous plovoir
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem pluev distinct from the unstressed stem plov, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of plovoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | plovoir | avoir pleü | |||||
| gerund | en plovant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | plovant | ||||||
| past participle | pleü | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | pluet | — | — | pluevent |
| imperfect | — | — | plovoit, ploveit | — | — | — | |
| preterite | — | — | plut | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | plovra | — | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | plovroit, plovreit | — | — | — | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | plueve | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | pleüst | — | — | — | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Descendants
- French: pleuvoir