preferer
See also: préférer
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French preferer.
Verb
preferer
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of preferer
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | preferer | avoir preferé | |||||
gerund | en preferant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | preferant | ||||||
past participle | preferé | ||||||
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 | prefere | preferes | prefere | preferons | preferez | preferent |
imperfect | preferois, preferoys | preferois, preferoys | preferoit, preferoyt | preferions, preferyons | preferiez, preferyez | preferoient, preferoyent | |
past historic | prefera | preferas | prefera | preferasmes | preferastes | prefererent | |
future | prefererai, prefereray | prefereras | preferera | prefererons | prefererez | prefereront | |
conditional | prefererois, prefereroys | prefererois, prefereroys | prefereroit, prefereroyt | prefererions, prefereryons | prefereriez, prefereryez | prefereroient, prefereroyent | |
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 | prefere | preferes | prefere | preferons | preferez | preferent |
imperfect | preferasse | preferasses | preferast | preferassions | preferassiez | preferassent | |
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 | – | |
— | prefere | — | preferons | preferez | — |
Old French
Alternative forms
- preferrer (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praeferō, praeferre.
References
- preferer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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