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possesser
possesser
Middle French
Etymology
Old French possessier[1], from Latin possessum, the supine of possideō.
Verb
possesser
- to possess
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of possesser
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | possesser | avoir possessé | |||||
| gerund | en possessant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | possessant | ||||||
| past participle | possessé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | possesse | possesses | possesse | possessons | possessez | possessent |
| imperfect | possessois, possessoys | possessois, possessoys | possessoit, possessoyt | possessions, possessyons | possessiez, possessyez | possessoient, possessoyent | |
| past historic | possessa | possessas | possessa | possessasmes | possessastes | possesserent | |
| future | possesserai, possesseray | possesseras | possessera | possesserons | possesserez | possesseront | |
| conditional | possesserois, possesseroys | possesserois, possesseroys | possesseroit, possesseroyt | possesserions, possesseryons | possesseriez, possesseryez | possesseroient, possesseroyent | |
| 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 past historic 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | possesse | possesses | possesse | possessons | possessez | possessent |
| imperfect | possessasse | possessasses | possessast | possessassions | possessassiez | possessassent | |
| 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 | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | possesse | — | possessons | possessez | — | ||
References
- ↑ (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (possesser)