emprendre – Anglo-Norman verb conjugation

Anglo-Norman verb forms of emprendre

Infinitive

emprender; enprender; enprendre; eprendre; amprendre; apprendre; aprendre

Participles

Presentempernant; emprenant; enpernant; emprignaunt; enprenant; enprignaunt
Pastemprist; enpris

Indicative

Present

1st sing.empreigne
2nd sing.emprens
3rd sing.aprent; emprent; enprent; enprenst
1st plur.empernum
2nd plur.empernetz
3rd plur.enpernent

Imperfect

1st sing.empreignoie
2nd sing.emperneies
3rd sing.emperneit
1st plur.emprendisoums
2nd plur.emprendisez
3rd plur.emperneient

Preterite

1st sing.empris
2nd sing.empreis
3rd sing.emprist
1st plur.empraimes
2nd plur.enpreytes
3rd plur.empristront

Future

1st sing.enprendrai
2nd sing.emprendras
3rd sing.emprendra
1st plur.emprenderons
2nd plur.emprenderés
3rd plur.emprendrunt

Conditional

1st sing.emprendroi
2nd sing.emprendroies
3rd sing.empreigneroit
1st plur.emprendrions
2nd plur.emprendriez
3rd plur.emprendereient

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.emprenge
2nd sing.empreinnes
3rd sing.emprenge; enprenge
1st plur.empernoms
2nd plur.emprecyez
3rd plur.empreingnent

Imperfect

1st sing.empreise
2nd sing.empreis
3rd sing.enpreist
1st plur.empreissom
2nd plur.empreciez
3rd plur.enpreissent

Sample Sentences

  • E Tristrans l’ emprist pur s’amur Si lui rendi molt dur estur
  • Pur Everard le moine ke cest overane aprent [...] Priez [...] Ke Deus [...] lui doint la grace Ke ceste chose face
  • quant deable ad enprise Bataille cuntre Seinte Eglise
  • Ja tant hardement n’ enpreist Qe fors del soeil le pié meist
  • Ore prium Deux ke il otreyt a moy e a ceuz par ky enprenk cet overe fere […]
  • fole hardiesce, ceo est emprendre folie de ferir, naufrer e ocire
  • Sire, dist l’erceveske, ad ta perdicioun Vols tu gwere enprendre
  • La grande folie qe li quens emprent
  • le ours enprenst graunt bataile od cel malleit […]; il fiert de piee cel malleit […]
  • Coment enprendrai jo la cure De requere vostre cher fiz [...]?
  • Deu li cumanda emprendre De l’enfant cure
  • iço feseit Por tant q’il vot [...] Destorner sei [...] Q’il n’ enpreist tant grant office
  • Ja n’ert meillur garnissement Ke cil ke sage quor enprent
  • Mustrez nous la processe cum Jhesu fu peiné Quant la mort emprist
  • sa croyz deyt enprendre Ke aprés mey voudra tendre
  • de tant cum [li] huem u la femme unt enpris plus estreite vie
  • Dount enprent il dure vie, Car mescreaunt de aise n’avera poer
  • le chanceller, empreignant a soun theme les paroles ensuantz […]
  • : il emprist cest apel qe a ly ne appendit
  • il dust aver venu par temps et enpris tenance de l’entier

Imperative

2nd sing.empregne
1st plur.emparnoums
2nd plur.empernez

Translations

  • 1. to undertake, enter into, upon (v.a.)
  • 2. to begin (v.a.)
  • 3. to take (v.a.)
  • 4. to seize (v.a.)
  • 5. to take, receive (v.a.)
  • 6. to take (prisoner), seize (v.a.)
  • 1. to undertake enterprises (v.absol.)
  • 1. to catch fire, light (v.n.)

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