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marchier
marchier
Franco-Provençal
Verb
marchier
- to walk
- Il marche sus lo chemin dens los prâts. — He is walking on the path through the fields
- to move
- to work, to function
- Ceti vouétura ne marche pas. — This car does not work.
- to believe
- Il at marchiê, il at creyu tot cen que je li é dit. — He believed all I told him.
- Il m'at fét marchier. — He made me believe his joke.
Conjugation
ORB Supradialectale (Standard Franco-Provençal)| infinitive | marchier | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | marchient | ||||||
| auxiliary | avêr | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | marchiê | marchiêe | |||||
| plural | marchiês | marchiêes | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | je (j') | te (t') | il/el | nos | vos | ils/els | |
| present | marcho | marches | marche | marchens | marchiéds | marchont | |
| imperfect | marchiévo | marchiéves | marchiéve | marchiévans | marchiévâds | marchiévont | |
| preterite | marchié | marchiés | marchiét | marchiens marchiérens |
marchiétes | marchiéront | |
| preterite (-r-) | marchiéro | marchiéres | marchiét | marchiérens | marchiérédes | marchiéront | |
| future | marchieré | marchierés | marchierat | marchierens | marchieréds | marchieront | |
| conditional | marchierê | marchierês | marchierêt | marchierans | marchierâds | marchierant | |
| subjunctive | que je (j') | que te (t') | qu'il/el | que nos | que vos | qu'ils/els | |
| present | marcho | marches | marche | marchens | marchiéds | marchont | |
| present (-a-) | marcha | marchas | marche | marchans | marchiéds | marchant | |
| imperfect | marchiésso | marchiésses | marchiésse | marchiéssens | marchiésséds | marchiéssont | |
| imperative | — | te | — | nos | vos | — | |
| affirmative | marche | marchens | marchéds | ||||
| negative | ne marche pâs | ne marchens pâs | ne marchéds pâs | ||||
Norman
Alternative forms
- marchi (Jersey, continental Normandy)
Etymology
From Old French marchier, from Frankish *markōn.
Verb
marchier
Old French
Etymology
From Frankish *markōn.
Verb
marchier
- to walk; to travel by foot
- circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence li miracles que Nostre Dame fist dou soucretain et d'une dame:
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Et vos qui au marchié marchiez[.]
- And you who are walking to the market.
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Et vos qui au marchié marchiez[.]
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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 marchier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | marchier | avoir marchié | |||||
| gerund | en marchant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | marchant | ||||||
| past participle | marchié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | marche | marches | marche | marchons | marchiez | marchent |
| imperfect | marchoie, marcheie, marchoe, marchieve | marchoies, marcheies, marchoes, marchieves | marchoit, marcheit, marchot, marchieve | marchiiens, marchiens | marchiiez, marchiez | marchoient, marcheient, marchoent, marchievent | |
| preterite | marchai | marchas | marcha | marchames | marchastes | marchierent | |
| future | marcherai | marcheras | marchera | marcherons | marcheroiz, marchereiz, marcherez | marcheront | |
| conditional | marcheroie, marchereie | marcheroies, marchereies | marcheroit, marchereit | marcheriiens, marcheriens | marcheriiez, marcheriez | marcheroient, marchereient | |
| 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 | marche | marches | marche | marchons | marchiez | marchent |
| imperfect | marchasse | marchasses | marchast | marchissons, marchissiens | marchissoiz, marchissez, marchissiez | marchassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | marche | — | marchons | marchiez | — | ||