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delitier
delitier
Old French
Alternative forms
- deliter
Verb
delitier
- to delight
- circa 1181, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
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Dist la pucele : "Dex te mete,
Chevaliers, joie et cuer parfite
De la rien qui plus te delite !"- The lady said "God gives you
Sire, perfect joy and contentment
Of the thing than delights you the most!"
- The lady said "God gives you
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Dist la pucele : "Dex te mete,
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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. 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 delitier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | delitier | avoir delitié | |||||
| gerund | en delitant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | delitant | ||||||
| past participle | delitié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | delit | delites | delite | delitons | delitiez | delitent |
| imperfect | delitoie, deliteie, delitoe, delitieve | delitoies, deliteies, delitoes, delitieves | delitoit, deliteit, delitot, delitieve | delitiiens, delitiens | delitiiez, delitiez | delitoient, deliteient, delitoent, delitievent | |
| preterite | delitai | delitas | delita | delitames | delitastes | delitierent | |
| future | deliterai | deliteras | delitera | deliterons | deliteroiz, delitereiz, deliterez | deliteront | |
| conditional | deliteroie, delitereie | deliteroies, delitereies | deliteroit, delitereit | deliteriiens, deliteriens | deliteriiez, deliteriez | deliteroient, delitereient | |
| 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 | delit | deliz | delit | delitons | delitiez | delitent |
| imperfect | delitasse | delitasses | delitast | delitissons, delitissiens | delitissoiz, delitissez, delitissiez | delitassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | delite | — | delitons | delitiez | — | ||