étre
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Conjugation in Bourguignon
Alternative conjugation in the Morvan
Conjugation in Franc-Comtois
Bourguignon
Etymology
Inherited from Old French estre, from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse.
Verb
étre
- to be
- Je seus bein hurous de lai voi !
- I am happy to see her !
Conjugation
Conjugation in Bourguignon| infinitive | étre | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | étant | ||||||
| auxiliary | étre | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | étai | étie | |||||
| plural | étais | éties | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | je (j') | tu (t') | ai (el), ale | je (j') | vos | ai (el), ales | |
| present | seus | es | ât | sons | étes | sont | |
| imperfect | étoos | étoos | étoot | éteins | éteins | éteint | |
| preterite | fus | fus | fut | furens | furens | furent | |
| future | seré | serés | seré | serons | serez | seront | |
| conditional | seroos | seroos | seroot | sereins | sereins | sereint | |
| subjunctive | que je (j') | que tu (t') | qu'ai (el), qu'ale | que je (j') | que vos | qu'ai (el), qu'ales | |
| present | soos | soos | soot | seins | seins | seint | |
| imperfect | feusse | feusses | feusse | fusseins | fusseins | fusseint | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | je (j') | vos | — | |
| present | sôs | seins | seins | ||||
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Alternative conjugation in the Morvan| infinitive | étre, éte | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | étant | ||||||
| auxiliary | étre | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | étai | étaie | |||||
| plural | étais | étaies | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | i | tu (t') | ai (el), ale | i | vos | ai (el), ales | |
| present | seus | es | ost | sons, sans | étes | sont, sant | |
| imperfect | étoos | étoos | étoot, était | éteins | éteins | éteint | |
| preterite | feus | feus | feut | feurens | feurens | feurent | |
| future | seré | serés | seré, sera | serans | serez | seront, serant | |
| conditional | seroos | seroos | seroot, serait | sereins | sereins | sereint | |
| subjunctive | qu'i | que tu (t') | qu'ai (el), qu'ale | qu'i | que vos | qu'ai (el), qu'ales | |
| present | soos | soos | soot | seins | seins | seint | |
| imperfect | feusse | feusses | feusse | feusseins | feusseins | feusseint | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | i | vos | — | |
| present | soos | seins | seins | ||||
Franc-Comtois
Etymology
Inherited from Old French estre, from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse.
Verb
étre
- to be
Conjugation
Conjugation in Franc-Comtois| infinitive | étre | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | étaint | ||||||
| auxiliary | aivoi | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | i | te (t') | èl | nôs | vôs | èls | |
| present | seus | és | ât | sons | étes | sont | |
| imperfect | étôs | étôs | était | étïns | étïns | étïnt | |
| preterite (-i) | feus | feus | feut | feunes | feutes | feunes | |
| future | sraî | srés | sré | srains | srèz | sraint | |
| conditional | srôs | srôs | srait | srïns | srïns | srïnt | |
| subjunctive | qu'i | que te | qu'èl | que nôs | que vôs | qu'èls | |
| present | sôs | sôs | sait | sïns | sïns | sïnt | |
| imperfect | feuche | feuches | feuche | feuchïns | feuchïns | feuchïnt | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | i | vos | — | |
| present | sôs | sïns | sïns | ||||
Franco-Provençal
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin essere.
Verb
étre (ORB, broad)
- to be
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- être in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
- étre in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
Further information
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 1701: “forme dell'infinito: dare, potere, volere, sapere, vedere, bere, venire, avere, essere; participio passato: bevuto” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France – map 499: “être — à être” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “esse”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 246