couster

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French coster.

Verb

couster

to cost (have a certain cost)
(figuratively) to cost (bring about the loss of something)

Conjugation

Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of couster

		simple			compound
infinitive		couster			avoir cousté
gerund		en coustant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		coustant
past participle		cousté
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (may be i' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ilz, elles
simple tenses	present	couste	coustes	couste	coustons	coustez	coustent
	imperfect	coustois, coustoys	coustois, coustoys	coustoit, coustoyt	coustions, coustyons	coustiez, coustyez	coustoient, coustoyent
	past historic	cousta	coustas	cousta	coustasmes	coustastes	cousterent
	future	cousterai, cousteray	cousteras	coustera	cousterons	cousterez	cousteront
	conditional	cousterois, cousteroys	cousterois, cousteroys	cousteroit, cousteroyt	cousterions, cousteryons	cousteriez, cousteryez	cousteroient, cousteroyent
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	couste	coustes	couste	coustons	coustez	coustent
simple tenses	imperfect	coustasse	coustasses	coustast	coustassions	coustassiez	coustassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	couste	—	coustons	coustez	—

Descendants

French: coûter

Old French

Verb

couster

Alternative form of coster

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of couster (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		couster			avoir cousté
gerund		en coustant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		coustant
past participle		cousté
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	coust	coustes	couste	coustons	coustez	coustent
	imperfect	coustoie, cousteie, coustoe, cousteve	coustoies, cousteies, coustoes, cousteves	coustoit, cousteit, coustot, cousteve	coustiiens, coustiens	coustiiez, coustiez	coustoient, cousteient, coustoent, coustevent
	preterite	coustai	coustas	cousta	coustames	coustastes	cousterent
	future	cousterai	cousteras	coustera	cousterons	cousteroiz, coustereiz, cousterez	cousteront
	conditional	cousteroie, coustereie	cousteroies, coustereies	cousteroit, coustereit	cousteriiens, cousteriens	cousteriiez, cousteriez	cousteroient, coustereient
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	coust	couz	coust	coustons	coustez	coustent
simple tenses	imperfect	coustasse	coustasses	coustast	coustissons, coustissiens	coustissoiz, coustissez, coustissiez	coustassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	couste	—	coustons	coustez	—

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