donter

Old French

Alternative forms

• danter

Etymology

From Latin domitō (“I tame”).

Verb

donter

1. to tame

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of donter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		donter			avoir donté
gerund		en dontant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		dontant
past participle		donté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	dont	dontes	donte	dontons	dontez	dontent
	imperfect	dontoie, donteie, dontoe, donteve	dontoies, donteies, dontoes, donteves	dontoit, donteit, dontot, donteve	dontiiens, dontiens	dontiiez, dontiez	dontoient, donteient, dontoent, dontevent
	preterite	dontai	dontas	donta	dontames	dontastes	donterent
	future	donterai	donteras	dontera	donterons	donteroiz, dontereiz, donterez	donteront
	conditional	donteroie, dontereie	donteroies, dontereies	donteroit, dontereit	donteriiens, donteriens	donteriiez, donteriez	donteroient, dontereient
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	dont	donz	dont	dontons	dontez	dontent
	imperfect	dontasse	dontasses	dontast	dontissons, dontissiens	dontissoiz, dontissez, dontissiez	dontassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	donte	—	dontons	dontez	—

Descendants

• French: dompter