demourer

Middle French

Alternative forms
  • demourrer

Etymology

Old French demorer.

Verb

demourer

  1. to be (in a place); to stay; to remain
    • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 14:
      Sire venez vous car nous demourons trop
      Sire, come with me because we're staying too long

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of demourer
simple compound
infinitive demourer avoir demouré
gerund en demourant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle demourant
past participle demouré
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present demoure demoures demoure demourons demourez demourent
imperfect demourois, demouroys demourois, demouroys demouroit, demouroyt demourions, demouryons demouriez, demouryez demouroient, demouroyent
past historic demoura demouras demoura demourasmes demourastes demourerent
future demourerai, demoureray demoureras demourera demourerons demourerez demoureront
conditional demourerois, demoureroys demourerois, demoureroys demoureroit, demoureroyt demourerions, demoureryons demoureriez, demoureryez demoureroient, demoureroyent
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present demoure demoures demoure demourons demourez demourent
imperfect demourasse demourasses demourast demourassions demourassiez demourassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— demoure — demourons demourez —

Descendants
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