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acointier
acointier
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
acointier
- to introduce (one person to another)
- (reflexive, s'acointier) to introduce oneself
- (reflexive, s'acointier) to get to know
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 *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of acointier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | acointier | avoir acointié | |||||
| gerund | en acointant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | acointant | ||||||
| past participle | acointié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | acoint | acointes | acointe | acointons | acointiez | acointent |
| imperfect | acointoie, acointeie, acointoe, acointieve | acointoies, acointeies, acointoes, acointieves | acointoit, acointeit, acointot, acointieve | acointiiens, acointiens | acointiiez, acointiez | acointoient, acointeient, acointoent, acointievent | |
| preterite | acointai | acointas | acointa | acointames | acointastes | acointierent | |
| future | acointerai | acointeras | acointera | acointerons | acointeroiz, acointereiz, acointerez | acointeront | |
| conditional | acointeroie, acointereie | acointeroies, acointereies | acointeroit, acointereit | acointeriiens, acointeriens | acointeriiez, acointeriez | acointeroient, acointereient | |
| 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 | acoint | acoinz | acoint | acointons | acointiez | acointent |
| imperfect | acointasse | acointasses | acointast | acointissons, acointissiens | acointissoiz, acointissez, acointissiez | acointassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | acointe | — | acointons | acointiez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: to acquaint