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trenchier
trenchier
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
trenchier
- to cut (make an incision)
Quotations
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:trenchier.
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 trenchier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | trenchier | avoir trenchié | |||||
| gerund | en trenchant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | trenchant | ||||||
| past participle | trenchié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | trenche | trenches | trenche | trenchons | trenchiez | trenchent |
| imperfect | trenchoie, trencheie, trenchoe, trenchieve | trenchoies, trencheies, trenchoes, trenchieves | trenchoit, trencheit, trenchot, trenchieve | trenchiiens, trenchiens | trenchiiez, trenchiez | trenchoient, trencheient, trenchoent, trenchievent | |
| preterite | trenchai | trenchas | trencha | trenchames | trenchastes | trenchierent | |
| future | trencherai | trencheras | trenchera | trencherons | trencheroiz, trenchereiz, trencherez | trencheront | |
| conditional | trencheroie, trenchereie | trencheroies, trenchereies | trencheroit, trenchereit | trencheriiens, trencheriens | trencheriiez, trencheriez | trencheroient, trenchereient | |
| 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 | trenche | trenches | trenche | trenchons | trenchiez | trenchent |
| imperfect | trenchasse | trenchasses | trenchast | trenchissons, trenchissiens | trenchissoiz, trenchissez, trenchissiez | trenchassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | trenche | — | trenchons | trenchiez | — | ||