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bracier
bracier
Old French
Verb
bracier
- to brew (produce alcohol beverages)
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. The forms that would normally end in *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of bracier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bracier | avoir bracié | |||||
| gerund | en braçant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | braçant | ||||||
| past participle | bracié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | braz | braces | brace | braçons | braciez | bracent |
| imperfect | braçoie, braceie, braçoe, bracieve | braçoies, braceies, braçoes, bracieves | braçoit, braceit, braçot, bracieve | braciiens, braciens | braciiez, braciez | braçoient, braceient, braçoent, bracievent | |
| preterite | braçai | braças | braça | braçames | braçastes | bracierent | |
| future | bracerai | braceras | bracera | bracerons | braceroiz, bracereiz, bracerez | braceront | |
| conditional | braceroie, bracereie | braceroies, bracereies | braceroit, bracereit | braceriiens, braceriens | braceriiez, braceriez | braceroient, bracereient | |
| 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 | braz | braz | brazt | braçons | braciez | bracent |
| imperfect | braçasse | braçasses | braçast | bracissons, bracissiens | bracissoiz, bracissez, bracissiez | braçassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | brace | — | braçons | braciez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: brasser
- Norman: brachi (Jersey)