From colp + -er, from Late Latin colpus, from earlier colaphus, from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos).
colper
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ps, *-pt are modified to s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | colper | avoir colpé | |||||
gerund | en colpant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | colpant | ||||||
past participle | colpé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | colp | colpes | colpe | colpons | colpez | colpent |
imperfect | colpoie, colpeie, colpoe, colpeve | colpoies, colpeies, colpoes, colpeves | colpoit, colpeit, colpot, colpeve | colpiiens, colpiens | colpiiez, colpiez | colpoient, colpeient, colpoent, colpevent | |
preterite | colpai | colpas | colpa | colpames | colpastes | colperent | |
future | colperai | colperas | colpera | colperons | colperoiz, colpereiz, colperez | colperont | |
conditional | colperoie, colpereie | colperoies, colpereies | colperoit, colpereit | colperiiens, colperiens | colperiiez, colperiez | colperoient, colpereient | |
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 | colp | cols | colt | colpons | colpez | colpent |
imperfect | colpasse | colpasses | colpast | colpissons, colpissiens | colpissoiz, colpissez, colpissiez | colpassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | colpe | — | colpons | colpez | — |