chacier

Old French

Alternative forms
  • chacer (chiefly Anglo-Norman)
  • cachier (chiefly Anglo-Norman or Old Northern French)

Etymology

From Late Latin captiāre, present active infinitive of captiō (“I capture”), from Latin captō.

Verb

chacier

  1. to hunt, to go hunting

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. 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 chacier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive chacier avoir chacié
gerund en chaçant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle chaçant
past participle chacié
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present chaz chaces chace chaçons chaciez chacent
imperfect chaçoie, chaceie, chaçoe, chacieve chaçoies, chaceies, chaçoes, chacieves chaçoit, chaceit, chaçot, chacieve chaciiens, chaciens chaciiez, chaciez chaçoient, chaceient, chaçoent, chacievent
preterite chaçai chaças chaça chaçames chaçastes chacierent
future chacerai chaceras chacera chacerons chaceroiz, chacereiz, chacerez chaceront
conditional chaceroie, chacereie chaceroies, chacereies chaceroit, chacereit chaceriiens, chaceriens chaceriiez, chaceriez chaceroient, chacereient
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 chaz chaz chazt chaçons chaciez chacent
imperfect chaçasse chaçasses chaçast chacissons, chacissiens chacissoiz, chacissez, chacissiez chaçassent
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 –
— chace — chaçons chaciez —

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