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acouchier
acouchier
Old French
Verb
acouchier
- to give birth
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 acouchier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | acouchier | avoir acouchié | |||||
| gerund | en acouchant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | acouchant | ||||||
| past participle | acouchié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | acouche | acouches | acouche | acouchons | acouchiez | acouchent |
| imperfect | acouchoie, acoucheie, acouchoe, acouchieve | acouchoies, acoucheies, acouchoes, acouchieves | acouchoit, acoucheit, acouchot, acouchieve | acouchiiens, acouchiens | acouchiiez, acouchiez | acouchoient, acoucheient, acouchoent, acouchievent | |
| preterite | acouchai | acouchas | acoucha | acouchames | acouchastes | acouchierent | |
| future | acoucherai | acoucheras | acouchera | acoucherons | acoucheroiz, acouchereiz, acoucherez | acoucheront | |
| conditional | acoucheroie, acouchereie | acoucheroies, acouchereies | acoucheroit, acouchereit | acoucheriiens, acoucheriens | acoucheriiez, acoucheriez | acoucheroient, acouchereient | |
| 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 | acouche | acouches | acouche | acouchons | acouchiez | acouchent |
| imperfect | acouchasse | acouchasses | acouchast | acouchissons, acouchissiens | acouchissoiz, acouchissez, acouchissiez | acouchassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | acouche | — | acouchons | acouchiez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: accoucher
- Norman: accouocher