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tumber
tumber
Middle French
Verb
tumber
- Alternative form of tomber
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of tumber
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tumber | estre tumbé | |||||
| gerund | en tumbant | Use the gerund of estre followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | tumbant | ||||||
| past participle | tumbé | ||||||
| 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 | tumbe | tumbes | tumbe | tumbons | tumbez | tumbent |
| imperfect | tumbois, tumboys | tumbois, tumboys | tumboit, tumboyt | tumbions, tumbyons | tumbiez, tumbyez | tumboient, tumboyent | |
| past historic | tumba | tumbas | tumba | tumbasmes | tumbastes | tumberent | |
| future | tumberai, tumberay | tumberas | tumbera | tumberons | tumberez | tumberont | |
| conditional | tumberois, tumberoys | tumberois, tumberoys | tumberoit, tumberoyt | tumberions, tumberyons | tumberiez, tumberyez | tumberoient, tumberoyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of estre followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | tumbe | tumbes | tumbe | tumbons | tumbez | tumbent |
| imperfect | tumbasse | tumbasses | tumbast | tumbassions | tumbassiez | tumbassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | tumbe | — | tumbons | tumbez | — | ||
Old French
Verb
tumber
- to fall
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-mb, *-mbs, *-mbt are modified to mp, ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of tumber (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tumber | estre tumbé | |||||
| gerund | en tumbant | Use the gerund of estre followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | tumbant | ||||||
| past participle | tumbé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | tump | tumbes | tumbe | tumbons | tumbez | tumbent |
| imperfect | tumboie, tumbeie, tumboe, tumbeve | tumboies, tumbeies, tumboes, tumbeves | tumboit, tumbeit, tumbot, tumbeve | tumbiiens, tumbiens | tumbiiez, tumbiez | tumboient, tumbeient, tumboent, tumbevent | |
| preterite | tumbai | tumbas | tumba | tumbames | tumbastes | tumberent | |
| future | tumberai | tumberas | tumbera | tumberons | tumberoiz, tumbereiz, tumberez | tumberont | |
| conditional | tumberoie, tumbereie | tumberoies, tumbereies | tumberoit, tumbereit | tumberiiens, tumberiens | tumberiiez, tumberiez | tumberoient, tumbereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of estre followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | tump | tuns | tunt | tumbons | tumbez | tumbent |
| imperfect | tumbasse | tumbasses | tumbast | tumbissons, tumbissiens | tumbissoiz, tumbissez, tumbissiez | tumbassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | tumbe | — | tumbons | tumbez | — | ||