poleur
Walloon
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse. Once the intervocalic /-t-/ lenited to zero, an /-l-/ was added to break hiatus, likely by analogy with voleur (“to want”). Compare the /-v-/ added to the French cognate pouvoir (< early medieval poeir).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔ.ˈløːʀ/
Conjugation





infinitive | poleur | ||||||
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gerund | polant or plant | ||||||
auxiliary | aveur | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | polou or plou | polowe or plowe | |||||
plural | polous or plous | polowes or plowes | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | dji (dj') | tu (t') | i (il) / ele | dji (dj') / nos | vos | i (il) | |
present | pou | pous | pout | polans or plans | poloz or ploz | poulnut, polèt or plèt | |
imperfect | poleu or pleu | poleus or pleus | poleut or pleut | poleins or pleins | poliez or pliez | poleint or pleint | |
preterit | pola or pla | polas or plas | pola or pla | poleins or pleins | poliez or pliez | poleint or pleint | |
future | pôrai | pôrais | pôrai | pôrans | pôroz | pôront | |
conditional | pôreu | pôreus | pôreut | pôreins | pôriez | pôreint | |
subjunctive | ki dj' | ki t' | k' i (il) / k' ele | ki dj' / ki nos | ki vos | k' i (il) | |
present | poille | poilles | poille | polanxhe or planxhe | poloxhe or ploxhe | poilnuxhe, polèxhe or plèxhe | |
present | polaxhe or plaxhe | polaxhes or plaxhes | polaxhe or plaxhe | poleinxhe or pleinxhe | poliexhe or pliexhe | poleinxhe or pleinxhe | |
imperative | — | tu | — | dji / nos | vos | — | |
affirmative | - | - | - |
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