confermer

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin confirmō.

Verb

confermer

to confirm

Conjugation

Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of confermer

		simple			compound
infinitive		confermer			avoir confermé
gerund		en confermant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		confermant
past participle		confermé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (may be i' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ilz, elles
simple tenses	present	conferme	confermes	conferme	confermons	confermez	conferment
	imperfect	confermois, confermoys	confermois, confermoys	confermoit, confermoyt	confermions, confermyons	confermiez, confermyez	confermoient, confermoyent
	past historic	conferma	confermas	conferma	confermasmes	confermastes	confermerent
	future	confermerai, confermeray	confermeras	confermera	confermerons	confermerez	confermeront
	conditional	confermerois, confermeroys	confermerois, confermeroys	confermeroit, confermeroyt	confermerions, confermeryons	confermeriez, confermeryez	confermeroient, confermeroyent
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	conferme	confermes	conferme	confermons	confermez	conferment
simple tenses	imperfect	confermasse	confermasses	confermast	confermassions	confermassiez	confermassent
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	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	conferme	—	confermons	confermez	—

Related terms

affermer

Descendants

French: confirmer

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin confirmō.

Verb

confermer

to confirm

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-rms, *-rmt are modified to rs, rt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		confermer			avoir confermé
gerund		en confermant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		confermant
past participle		confermé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	conferm	confermes	conferme	confermons	confermez	conferment
	imperfect	confermoie, confermeie, confermoe, confermeve	confermoies, confermeies, confermoes, confermeves	confermoit, confermeit, confermot, confermeve	confermiiens, confermiens	confermiiez, confermiez	confermoient, confermeient, confermoent, confermevent
	preterite	confermai	confermas	conferma	confermames	confermastes	confermerent
	future	confermerai	confermeras	confermera	confermerons	confermeroiz, confermereiz, confermerez	confermeront
	conditional	confermeroie, confermereie	confermeroies, confermereies	confermeroit, confermereit	confermeriiens, confermeriens	confermeriiez, confermeriez	confermeroient, confermereient
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	conferm	confers	confert	confermons	confermez	conferment
simple tenses	imperfect	confermasse	confermasses	confermast	confermissons, confermissiens	confermissoiz, confermissez, confermissiez	confermassent
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		—	conferme	—	confermons	confermez	—

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