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poser (pluralposers)
Inherited fromOld Frenchposer, fromVulgar Latinpausāre <Latinpausāre, influenced in meaning bypōnō (especially its past participlepositus). CompareItalianposare.
poser
| infinitive | simple | poser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle orgerund1 | simple | posant /po.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | posé /po.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | pose /poz/ | poses /poz/ | pose /poz/ | posons /po.zɔ̃/ | posez /po.ze/ | posent /poz/ |
| imperfect | posais /po.zɛ/ | posais /po.zɛ/ | posait /po.zɛ/ | posions /po.zjɔ̃/ | posiez /po.zje/ | posaient /po.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | posai /po.ze/ | posas /po.za/ | posa /po.za/ | posâmes /po.zam/ | posâtes /po.zat/ | posèrent /po.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | poserai /poz.ʁe/ | poseras /poz.ʁa/ | posera /poz.ʁa/ | poserons /poz.ʁɔ̃/ | poserez /poz.ʁe/ | poseront /poz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | poserais /poz.ʁɛ/ | poserais /poz.ʁɛ/ | poserait /poz.ʁɛ/ | poserions /po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | poseriez /po.zə.ʁje/ | poseraient /poz.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | pose /poz/ | poses /poz/ | pose /poz/ | posions /po.zjɔ̃/ | posiez /po.zje/ | posent /poz/ |
| imperfect2 | posasse /po.zas/ | posasses /po.zas/ | posât /po.za/ | posassions /po.za.sjɔ̃/ | posassiez /po.za.sje/ | posassent /po.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | pose /poz/ | — | posons /po.zɔ̃/ | posez /po.ze/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the prepositionen. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995],Master the Basics: French, pp.77,78,79,81). | |||||||
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FromVulgar Latinpausō, pausāre, influenced byLatinpōnō.
poser
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in-er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified tos,st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | poser | avoirposé | |||||
| gerund | enposant | gerund ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | posant | ||||||
| past participle | posé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | pos | poses | pose | posons | posez | posent |
| imperfect | posoie,poseie,posoe,poseve | posoies,poseies,posoes,poseves | posoit,poseit,posot,poseve | posiiens,posiens | posiiez,posiez | posoient,poseient,posoent,posevent | |
| preterite | posai | posas | posa | posames | posastes | poserent | |
| future | poserai | poseras | posera | poserons | poseroiz,posereiz,poserez | poseront | |
| conditional | poseroie,posereie | poseroies,posereies | poseroit,posereit | poseriiens,poseriens | poseriiez,poseriez | poseroient,posereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | present tense ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | pos | pos | post | posons | posez | posent |
| imperfect | posasse | posasses | posast | posissons,posissiens | posissoiz,posissez,posissiez | posassent | |
| compound tenses | past | present subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | pose | — | posons | posez | — | ||
