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querre
querre
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
querre
- to seek; to search for
- circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 170 (of the Champion Classiques edition, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4), line 2077:
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quert li a beivre e a manger
- he searched for something for him to eat and drink
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quert li a beivre e a manger
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem quier distinct from the unstressed stem quer, 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 querre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | querre | avoir quis | |||||
| gerund | en querant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | querant | ||||||
| past participle | quis | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | quier | quiers | quiert | querons | querez | quierent |
| imperfect | queroie, quereie | queroies, quereies | queroit, quereit | queriiens, queriens | queriiez, queriez | queroient, quereient | |
| preterite | quis | queṣis | quist | queṣimes | queṣistes | quisdrent | |
| future | querrai | querras | querra | querrons | querroiz, querreiz, querrez | querront | |
| conditional | querroie, querreie | querroies, querreies | querroit, querreit | querriiens, querriens | querriiez, querriez | querroient, querreient | |
| 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 | quiere, quierge | quieres, quierges | quiere, quierge | querons, quiergiens, quierjons | querez, quiergiez | quierent, quiergent |
| imperfect | queṣisse | queṣisses | queṣist | queṣissons, queṣissiens | queṣissoiz, queṣissez, queṣissiez | queṣissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | quier | — | querons | querez | — | ||