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aprochier
aprochier
Old French
Verb
aprochier
- (transitive) to approach
- circa 1170, Christian of Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au Lion:
- Qu'il me vit vers lui aprochier.
Je ne soi s'il me vaut touchier[.]
- Qu'il me vit vers lui aprochier.
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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. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of aprochier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | aprochier | avoir aprochié | |||||
| gerund | en aprochant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | aprochant | ||||||
| past participle | aprochié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | aproche | aproches | aproche | aprochons | aprochiez | aprochent |
| imperfect | aprochoie, aprocheie, aprochoe, aprochieve | aprochoies, aprocheies, aprochoes, aprochieves | aprochoit, aprocheit, aprochot, aprochieve | aprochiiens, aprochiens | aprochiiez, aprochiez | aprochoient, aprocheient, aprochoent, aprochievent | |
| preterite | aprochai | aprochas | aprocha | aprochames | aprochastes | aprochierent | |
| future | aprocherai | aprocheras | aprochera | aprocherons | aprocheroiz, aprochereiz, aprocherez | aprocheront | |
| conditional | aprocheroie, aprochereie | aprocheroies, aprochereies | aprocheroit, aprochereit | aprocheriiens, aprocheriens | aprocheriiez, aprocheriez | aprocheroient, aprochereient | |
| 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 | aproche | aproches | aproche | aprochons | aprochiez | aprochent |
| imperfect | aprochasse | aprochasses | aprochast | aprochissons, aprochissiens | aprochissoiz, aprochissez, aprochissiez | aprochassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | aproche | — | aprochons | aprochiez | — | ||