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comencer
comencer
Old French
Verb
comencer
- Alternative form of comencier
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 comencer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | comencer | avoir comencé | |||||
| gerund | en començant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | començant | ||||||
| past participle | comencé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | comenz | comences | comence | començons | comencez | comencent |
| imperfect | començoie, comenceie, començoe, comenceve | començoies, comenceies, començoes, comenceves | començoit, comenceit, començot, comenceve | comenciiens, comenciens | comenciiez, comenciez | començoient, comenceient, començoent, comencevent | |
| preterite | començai | començas | comença | començames | començastes | comencerent | |
| future | comencerai | comenceras | comencera | comencerons | comenceroiz, comencereiz, comencerez | comenceront | |
| conditional | comenceroie, comencereie | comenceroies, comencereies | comenceroit, comencereit | comenceriiens, comenceriens | comenceriiez, comenceriez | comenceroient, comencereient | |
| 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 | comenz | comenz | comenzt | començons | comencez | comencent |
| imperfect | començasse | començasses | començast | comencissons, comencissiens | comencissoiz, comencissez, comencissiez | començassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | comence | — | començons | comencez | — | ||