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acertener
acertener
Old French
Verb
acertener
- to assure; to make sure of, to make certain of
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of acertener (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | acertener | avoir acertené | |||||
| gerund | en acertenant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | acertenant | ||||||
| past participle | acertené | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | acerten | acertenes | acertene | acertenons | acertenez | acertenent |
| imperfect | acertenoie, acerteneie, acertenoe, acerteneve | acertenoies, acerteneies, acertenoes, acerteneves | acertenoit, acerteneit, acertenot, acerteneve | acerteniiens, acerteniens | acerteniiez, acerteniez | acertenoient, acerteneient, acertenoent, acertenevent | |
| preterite | acertenai | acertenas | acertena | acertenames | acertenastes | acertenerent | |
| future | acertenerai | acerteneras | acertenera | acertenerons | acerteneroiz, acertenereiz, acertenerez | acerteneront | |
| conditional | acerteneroie, acertenereie | acerteneroies, acertenereies | acerteneroit, acertenereit | acerteneriiens, acerteneriens | acerteneriiez, acerteneriez | acerteneroient, acertenereient | |
| 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 | acerten | acertens | acertent | acertenons | acertenez | acertenent |
| imperfect | acertenasse | acertenasses | acertenast | acertenissons, acertenissiens | acertenissoiz, acertenissez, acertenissiez | acertenassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | acertene | — | acertenons | acertenez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: ascertain (borrowed)