Inherited from Old French meseoir. Equivalent to més- + seoir.
messeoir
This is a defective verb, only conjugated in the third person.
| infinitive | simple | messeoir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | — | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | messéant or messeyant /me.se.ɑ̃/ or /me.sɛ.jɑ̃/ or /me.se.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | — | ||||||
| past participle | — | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | — | — | messied /me.sje/ |
— | — | messiéent /me.sje/ |
| imperfect | — | — | messeyait /me.sɛ.jɛ/ or /me.se.jɛ/ |
— | — | messeyaient /me.sɛ.jɛ/ or /me.se.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | messiéra /me.sje.ʁa/ |
— | — | messiéront /me.sje.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | — | — | messiérait /me.sje.ʁɛ/ |
— | — | messiéraient /me.sje.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | — | |||||
| pluperfect | — | ||||||
| past anterior2 | — | ||||||
| future perfect | — | ||||||
| conditional perfect | — | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | — | — | messiée /me.sje/ |
— | — | messiéent /me.sje/ |
| imperfect2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | — | |||||
| pluperfect2 | — | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| compound | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||