cercer
Old French
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of cercer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | cercer | avoir cercé | |||||
| gerund | en cerçant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | cerçant | ||||||
| past participle | cercé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | cerz | cerces | cerce | cerçons | cercez | cercent |
| imperfect | cerçoie, cerceie, cerçoe, cerceve | cerçoies, cerceies, cerçoes, cerceves | cerçoit, cerceit, cerçot, cerceve | cerciiens, cerciens | cerciiez, cerciez | cerçoient, cerceient, cerçoent, cercevent | |
| preterite | cerçai | cerças | cerça | cerçames | cerçastes | cercerent | |
| future | cercerai | cerceras | cercera | cercerons | cerceroiz, cercereiz, cercerez | cerceront | |
| conditional | cerceroie, cercereie | cerceroies, cercereies | cerceroit, cercereit | cerceriiens, cerceriens | cerceriiez, cerceriez | cerceroient, cercereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | cerz | cerz | cerzt | cerçons | cercez | cercent |
| imperfect | cerçasse | cerçasses | cerçast | cercissons, cercissiens | cercissoiz, cercissez, cercissiez | cerçassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | cerce | — | cerçons | cercez | — | ||
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