soustenir

Middle French

Alternative forms

  • soubtenir

Etymology

From Old French soustenir.

Verb

soustenir

  1. to keep up; to sustain

Descendants

  • French: soutenir

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sustenīre, from Latin sustinēre.

Verb

soustenir

  1. to keep up; to sustain
  2. to bear (suffering, a burden, punishment, etc.)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem soustien distinct from the unstressed stem sousten, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of soustenir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive soustenir avoir soustenu
gerund en soustenant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle soustenant
past participle soustenu
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present soustieng, soustien soustiens soustient soustenons soustenez soustienent
imperfect soustenoie, sousteneie soustenoies, sousteneies soustenoit, sousteneit sousteniiens, sousteniens sousteniiez, sousteniez soustenoient, sousteneient
preterite soustin soustenis soustint soustenimes soustenistes soustindrent, soustinrent
future soustendrai soustendras soustendra soustendrons soustendroiz, soustendreiz, soustendrez soustendront
conditional soustendroie, soustendreie soustendroies, soustendreies soustendroit, soustendreit soustendriiens, soustendriens soustendriiez, soustendriez soustendroient, soustendreient
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 soustiegne soustiegnes soustiegne soustiegniens, soustiegnons soustiegniez soustiegnent
imperfect soustenisse soustenisses soustenist soustenissons, soustenissiens soustenissoiz, soustenissez, soustenissiez soustenissent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— soustien — soustenons soustenez —

Descendants

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