From Old French coper, colper, from cop, colp, from Vulgar Latin *colpus (“stroke”), from Latin colaphus.
côper (present participle côpant)
infinitive | simple | côper | |||||
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compound | aveur + past participle | ||||||
gerund1 | simple | côpant | |||||
compound | åyant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | côpé | côpêye | |||||
plural | côpés | côpêyes | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | dji (dj') | ti (t') | i (il) / ele | dji (dj') / nos2 | vos | i (il) | |
(simple tenses) |
present | côpe | côpes | côpe | côpans | côpez | côpèt or côpnut3 |
imperfect | côpéve | côpéves | côpéve | côpéns | côpîz | côpént | |
preterite | côpa | côpas | côpa | côpîs | côpîz | côpît | |
future | côprè | côprès | côprè | côprans | côproz | côpront | |
conditional | côpreu | côpreus | côpreut | côpréns | côprîz | côprént | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of aveur + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of aveur + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite indicative of aveur + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of aveur + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of aveur + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | ki dj' | ki t' | k' i (il) / k' ele | ki dj' / ki nos2 | ki vos | k' i (il) | |
(simple tenses) |
present | côpe | côpes | côpe | côpanxhe | côpoxhe | côpèxhe or côpnuxhe3 |
imperfect | côpaxhe | côpaxhes | côpaxhe | côpénxhe | côpîxhe | côpénxhe | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of aveur + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of aveur + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | côpe! | — | côpans! | côpez! | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of aveur + past participle | — | simple imperative of aveur + past participle | simple imperative of aveur + past participle | — | |
1 The Walloon gerund is usable only with the preposition tot (Eastern, Southern) or e (Central, Western). | |||||||
2 The second person plural dji is used in Central and Southern dialects | |||||||
3 The form -èt/-exhe is used in Eastern and Southern dialects, the form -nut/-nuxhe is used in Central and Western dialects. |