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errer
errer
See also: èrrer
French
Verb
errer
- (intransitive) to wander, to wander about
Conjugation
Conjugation of errer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | errer | avoir erré | |||||
| gerund | en errant | en ayant erré | |||||
| present participle | errant /e.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | erré /e.ʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | erre /ɛʁ/ |
erres /ɛʁ/ |
erre /ɛʁ/ |
errons /e.ʁɔ̃/ |
errez /e.ʁe/ |
errent /ɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | errais /e.ʁɛ/ |
errais /e.ʁɛ/ |
errait /e.ʁɛ/ |
errions /e.ʁjɔ̃/ |
erriez /e.ʁje/ |
erraient /e.ʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | errai /e.ʁe/ |
erras /e.ʁa/ |
erra /e.ʁa/ |
errâmes /e.ʁam/ |
errâtes /e.ʁat/ |
errèrent /e.ʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | errerai /e.ʁə.ʁe/ |
erreras /e.ʁə.ʁa/ |
errera /e.ʁə.ʁa/ |
errerons /e.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
errerez /e.ʁə.ʁe/ |
erreront /e.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | errerais /e.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
errerais /e.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
errerait /e.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
errerions /e.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
erreriez /e.ʁə.ʁje/ |
erreraient /e.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
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| 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 anterior1 | Use the past historic 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | erre /ɛʁ/ |
erres /ɛʁ/ |
erre /ɛʁ/ |
errions /e.ʁjɔ̃/ |
erriez /e.ʁje/ |
errent /ɛʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
errasse /e.ʁas/ |
errasses /e.ʁas/ |
errât /e.ʁa/ |
errassions /e.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
errassiez /e.ʁa.sje/ |
errassent /e.ʁas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | erre /ɛʁ/ |
— | errons /e.ʁɔ̃/ |
errez /e.ʁe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Old French
Etymology
From Latin errāre, present active infinitive of errō.
Verb
errer
- to walk (to); to wander (to)
- circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
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Par li païs les lait errer
- [He] let them walk through the countryside
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Par li païs les lait errer
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- (figuratively) to travel; to voyage
- circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
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Al Reis Ros fist assaveir
K'errer voleit e la croix prendre- He let William Rufus know
That he wanted to travel [to Jerusalem] and take the cross
- He let William Rufus know
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Al Reis Ros fist assaveir
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-rr, *-rrs, *-rrt are modified to r, rs, rt. This verb has a stressed present stem oirr distinct from the unstressed stem err. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of errer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | errer | avoir erré | |||||
| gerund | en errant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | errant | ||||||
| past participle | erré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | oir | oirres | oirre | errons | errez | oirrent |
| imperfect | erroie, erreie, erroe, erreve | erroies, erreies, erroes, erreves | erroit, erreit, errot, erreve | erriiens, erriens | erriiez, erriez | erroient, erreient, erroent, errevent | |
| preterite | errai | erras | erra | errames | errastes | errerent | |
| future | errerai | erreras | errera | errerons | erreroiz, errereiz, errerez | erreront | |
| conditional | erreroie, errereie | erreroies, errereies | erreroit, errereit | erreriiens, erreriens | erreriiez, erreriez | erreroient, errereient | |
| 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 | oir | oirs | oirt | errons | errez | oirrent |
| imperfect | errasse | errasses | errast | errissons, errissiens | errissoiz, errissez, errissiez | errassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | oirre | — | errons | errez | — | ||