2. For sáupra, cf. § [148], (2), and § [184], (4), 1, and § [192].
3. Devér has beside dégra a form déura, evidently influenced by the new conditional, deuría.
4. Páisser, plazér have beside págra, plágra the forms paisséra, plazéra.
188. Strong verbs of the -sī class regularly form their old conditional on the same plan as the 3d pers. pl. of the preterit (§ [183]): (dīxĕram) díra, cf. díron; (✱prēsĕram) prẹira, cf. prẹiron; (arsĕram) arsęra, cf. arsęron.
189. It will be noted that in all verbs, weak and strong, the old conditional may be constructed from the 3d pers. pl. of the preterit by changing -on to -a.
Imperfect Subjunctive.
190. The Provençal imperfect subjunctive came from the Latin pluperfect subjunctive, which in Vulgar Latin assumed the functions of the imperfect and generally displaced it, its own place having been taken by a compound form: see § [141], (2).
191. For weak verbs the basis was the contracted form of the first and fourth conjugations (amāssem ＜ amāvĭssem, audīssem ＜ audīvĭssem); weak verbs of third conjugation had a similar analogical form (✱vēndęssem). First conjugation verbs substituted ę for á, as in the perfect and the old conditional: § [175], (4); § [186]. The Provençal types are: amęs, vendęs, auzís. The inflection is:
| amęs | amessẹm | auzís | auzissẹm |
| amęsses | amessẹtz -ẹs | auzísses | auzissẹtz -ẹs |
| amęs | amęssen -on -o | auzís | auzíssen -on -o |
192. Strong verbs regularly made their imperfect directly from the Vulgar Latin form of the pluperfect: fecĭssem ＞ fezẹs, fŭĭssem ✱fŭssem ＞ fọs, vidĭssem ＞ vezẹs, venĭssem ✱venuĭssem ＞ venguẹs; dixĭssem ＞ dissẹs, ✱pre(n)sĭssem ＞ prezẹs; habuĭssem ＞ aguẹs, potuĭssem ＞ poguẹs, voluĭssem ＞ volguẹs, sapuĭssem ＞ saubẹs saupẹs (§ [65], P, 3). The inflection is:—