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descrivre
descrivre
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
descrivre
- to describe
- circa 1176, Christian of Troyes (translated by Laurence Harf-Lancner), Cligès, ISBN 2-7453-1413-0, page 208:
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Por ce que g'en diroie mains
ne bras ne cors ne chief ne mains
ne vuel par parole descrivre.- What I will say however
Not arms nor body nor head nor hands
Do I wish to describe with words.
- What I will say however
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Por ce que g'en diroie mains
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of descrivre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | descrivre | avoir descrit | |||||
| gerund | en descrivant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | descrivant | ||||||
| past participle | descrit | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | descrif | descris | descrit | descrivons | descrivez | descrivent |
| imperfect | descrivoie, descriveie | descrivoies, descriveies | descrivoit, descriveit | descriviiens, descriviens | descriviiez, descriviez | descrivoient, descriveient | |
| preterite | descris | descrisis, descresis | descrist | descrisimes, descresimes | descrisistes, descresistes | descristrent | |
| future | descrivrai, descrirai | descrivras, descriras | descrivra, descrira | descrivrons, descrirons | descrivroiz, descrivreiz, descrivrez, descriroiz, descrireiz, descrirez | descrivront, descriront | |
| conditional | descrivroie, descrivreie, descriroie, descrireie | descrivroies, descrivreies, descriroies, descrireies | descrivroit, descrivreit, descriroit, descrireit | descrivriiens, descrivriens, descririiens, descririens | descrivriiez, descrivriez, descririiez, descririez | descrivroient, descrivreient, descriroient, descrireient | |
| 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 | descrive | descrives | descrive | descrivons | descrivez | descrivent |
| imperfect | descrisisse, descresisse | descrisisses, descresisses | descrisist, descresist | descrisissons, descrisissiens, descresissons, descresissiens | descrisissoiz, descrisissez, descrisissiez, descresissoiz, descresissez, descresissiez | descrisissent, descresissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | descrif | — | descrivons | descrivez | — | ||