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perceivre
perceivre
Old French
Verb
perceivre
- (Anglo-Norman, early) Alternative form of percevoir
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a distinct stressed present stem, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of perceivre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | perceivre | aveir perceü | |||||
| gerund | en percevant | Use the gerund of aveir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | percevant | ||||||
| past participle | perceü | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | perceif, percei | perceis | perceit | percevons | percevez | perceivent |
| imperfect | perceveie | perceveies | perceveit | perceviiens, perceviens | perceviiez, perceviez | perceveient | |
| preterite | perçui | perceüs | perçut | perceümes | perceüstes | perçurent | |
| future | percevrai | percevras | percevra | percevrons | percevreiz, percevrez | percevront | |
| conditional | percevreie | percevreies | percevreit | percevriiens, percevriens | percevriiez, percevriez | percevreient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of aveir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of aveir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of aveir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of aveir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of aveir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | perceive | perceives | perceive | percevons | percevez | perceivent |
| imperfect | perceüsse | perceüsses | perceüst | perceüssons, perceüssiens | perceüsseiz, perceüssez, perceüssiez | perceüssent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of aveir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of aveir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | perceif | — | percevons | percevez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: perceive (borrowed)