aparler
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Verb
aparler
- to talk to
- c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
- De quanquë ele l'aparole,
Einçois refuse sa parole- And we she spoke to him
He refused to reply
- And we she spoke to him
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ols, *-olt are modified to ous, out. This verb has a stressed present stem aparol distinct from the unstressed stem aparl. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of aparler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | aparler | avoir aparlé | |||||
| gerund | en aparlant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | aparlant | ||||||
| past participle | aparlé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | aparol | aparoles | aparole | aparlons | aparlez | aparolent |
| imperfect | aparloie, aparleie, aparloe, aparleve | aparloies, aparleies, aparloes, aparleves | aparloit, aparleit, aparlot, aparleve | aparliiens, aparliens | aparliiez, aparliez | aparloient, aparleient, aparloent, aparlevent | |
| preterite | aparlai | aparlas | aparla | aparlames | aparlastes | aparlerent | |
| future | aparlerai | aparleras | aparlera | aparlerons | aparleroiz, aparlereiz, aparlerez | aparleront | |
| conditional | aparleroie, aparlereie | aparleroies, aparlereies | aparleroit, aparlereit | aparleriiens, aparleriens | aparleriiez, aparleriez | aparleroient, aparlereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | aparol | aparous | aparout | aparlons | aparlez | aparolent |
| imperfect | aparlasse | aparlasses | aparlast | aparlissons, aparlissiens | aparlissoiz, aparlissez, aparlissiez | aparlassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | aparole | — | aparlons | aparlez | — | ||