Piemontese

Conjugate Verbs

Introduction

Distinct enough from Standard Italian to be considered a separate language. Considerable French influence. Speakers may all be highly bilingual in Standard Italian. NT 1835.

The Piemontese Verb

The Piemontese verb is conjugated in the following finite forms:

• Indicative mood: simple tenses present, imperfect, future, simple past*; compound tenses past, past perfect, future anterior.
• Conjunctive mood: simple tenses present, imperfect; compound tenses past, past perfect
• Conditional mood: present and past tenses, where the past is compound tense.
• Imperative mood: present only

*) Simple past (preterite) is not used anymore in spoken, and in fell in disuse in written language in 18th century.

The Piemontese verb is conjugated in the following nonfinite forms:

• Infinitive: present and past, where the latter is a compound form
• Gerund: present and past, where the latter is a compound form
• Participle: present** and past

**) Present participle is used little in Piemontese, and it has generally a noun or adjective meaning.

Verblists

• Italian: Piemonte

References

• Camillo Brero. Dizionario Piemontese. Avallardi. Milano, 2001.