Future: From Latin to Old French
The Future tense
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Future
The Latin Future DURABIT became confused with the perfect DURAVIT. The
latter survived as the OF preterite, whereas the former was replaced by a
paraphrase conjoining the infinitive and the verb 'to have': DURARE
HABEO 'I have to endure' > durerai 'I shall endure.'(Kibler 59)
Present Tense of HABERE
| LATIN | Old
French |
|---|
| HABEO | HABEMUS | ai | avons |
| HABES | HABETIS | as | avoz (avez) |
| HABET
| HABENT | a(t) | ont |