tempter
Latin
Old French
Verb
tempter
- to tempt; to act as a temptation
- circa 1110,, Benedeit, Le Voyage de saint Brandan:
- Li tierz de vus mult ert temptez
- A third of you were very tempted
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of tempter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | tempter | avoir tempté | |||||
gerund | en temptant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | temptant | ||||||
past participle | tempté | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | tempte | temptes | tempte | temptons | temptez | temptent |
imperfect | temptoie, tempteie, temptoe, tempteve | temptoies, tempteies, temptoes, tempteves | temptoit, tempteit, temptot, tempteve | temptiiens, temptiens | temptiiez, temptiez | temptoient, tempteient, temptoent, temptevent | |
preterite | temptai | temptas | tempta | temptames | temptastes | tempterent | |
future | tempterai | tempteras | temptera | tempterons | tempteroiz, temptereiz, tempterez | tempteront | |
conditional | tempteroie, temptereie | tempteroies, temptereies | tempteroit, temptereit | tempteriiens, tempteriens | tempteriiez, tempteriez | tempteroient, temptereient | |
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 | tempte | temptes | tempte | temptons | temptez | temptent |
imperfect | temptasse | temptasses | temptast | temptissons, temptissiens | temptissoiz, temptissez, temptissiez | temptassent | |
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 | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | tempte | — | temptons | temptez | — |
Descendants
- English: tempt
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