possessier
Old French
Etymology
Latin possessum, the supine of possideō.
Verb
possessier
- to possess
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of possessier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | possessier | avoir possessié | |||||
| gerund | en possessant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | possessant | ||||||
| past participle | possessié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | posses | possesses | possesse | possessons | possessiez | possessent |
| imperfect | possessoie, possesseie, possessoe, possessieve | possessoies, possesseies, possessoes, possessieves | possessoit, possesseit, possessot, possessieve | possessiiens, possessiens | possessiiez, possessiez | possessoient, possesseient, possessoent, possessievent | |
| preterite | possessai | possessas | possessa | possessames | possessastes | possessierent | |
| future | possesserai | possesseras | possessera | possesserons | possesseroiz, possessereiz, possesserez | possesseront | |
| conditional | possesseroie, possessereie | possesseroies, possessereies | possesseroit, possessereit | possesseriiens, possesseriens | possesseriiez, possesseriez | possesseroient, possessereient | |
| 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 | posses | posses | possest | possessons | possessiez | possessent |
| imperfect | possessasse | possessasses | possessast | possessissons, possessissiens | possessissoiz, possessissez, possessissiez | possessassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | possesse | — | possessons | possessiez | — | ||
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (possesser)