Inherited from Vulgar Latin sparāniāre (attested in the Reichenau Glossary), from Frankish *sparanjan, from Proto-Germanic *sparāną.
espargnier
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-rgn, *-rgns, *-rgnt are modified to rng, rz, rt. 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 | espargnier | avoir espargnié | |||||
gerund | en espargnant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | espargnant | ||||||
past participle | espargnié | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | esparng | espargnes | espargne | espargnons | espargniez | espargnent |
imperfect | espargnoie, espargneie, espargnoe, espargnieve | espargnoies, espargneies, espargnoes, espargnieves | espargnoit, espargneit, espargnot, espargnieve | espargniiens, espargniens | espargniiez, espargniez | espargnoient, espargneient, espargnoent, espargnievent | |
preterite | espargnai | espargnas | espargna | espargnames | espargnastes | espargnierent | |
future | espargnerai | espargneras | espargnera | espargnerons | espargneroiz, espargnereiz, espargnerez | espargneront | |
conditional | espargneroie, espargnereie | espargneroies, espargnereies | espargneroit, espargnereit | espargneriiens, espargneriens | espargneriiez, espargneriez | espargneroient, espargnereient | |
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 | esparng | esparz | espart | espargnons | espargniez | espargnent |
imperfect | espargnasse | espargnasses | espargnast | espargnissons, espargnissiens | espargnissoiz, espargnissez, espargnissiez | espargnassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | espargne | — | espargnons | espargniez | — |