espondre

Old French

Etymology

From Latin expōnere, present active infinitive of expōnō.

Verb

espondre

to tell; to recount (a story, events, etc.)
to explain

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		espondre			avoir espons, espos, espost, esponu, espondu
gerund		en esponant, espondant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		esponant, espondant
past participle		espons, espos, espost, esponu, espondu
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	espoing	espons	espont, esponst	esponons, espondons	esponez, espondez	esponent, espondent
	imperfect	esponoie, esponeie	esponoies, esponeies	esponoit, esponeit	esponiiens, esponiens	esponiiez, esponiez	esponoient, esponeient
	preterite	espos, espons, esponi	esposis, esponsis, esponis	espost, esponst, esponié	esposimes, esponsimes, esponimes	esposistes, esponsistes, esponistes	espostrent, esponstrent, esponierent
	future	espondrai	espondras	espondra	espondrons	espondroiz, espondreiz, espondrez	espondront
	conditional	espondroie, espondreie	espondroies, espondreies	espondroit, espondreit	espondriiens, espondriens	espondriiez, espondriez	espondroient, espondreient
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	espoigne, esponde, esponge	espoignes, espondes, esponges	espoigne, esponde, esponge	espoigniens, espoignons, espondons, espongiens, esponjons	espoigniez, espondez, espongiez	espoignent, espondent, espongent
simple tenses	imperfect	esposisse, esponsisse, esponisse	esposisses, esponsisses, esponisses	esposist, esponsist, esponist	esposissons, esposissiens, esponsissons, esponsissiens, esponissons, esponissiens	esposissoiz, esposissez, esposissiez, esponsissoiz, esponsissez, esponsissiez, esponissoiz, esponissez, esponissiez	esposissent, esponsissent, esponissent
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		—	espon	—	esponons	esponez	—

Descendants

English: expound

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