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chaloir
chaloir
French
Verb
chaloir
Conjugation
This verb is impersonal and usually found only in the third person present chaut. Its use in other tenses is rare.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French chaloir, from earlier chaleir, from Latin calēre, present active infinitive of caleō (“to heat”)
Verb
chaloir
Old French
Alternative forms
- caleir
- chaleir
Etymology
From earlier chaleir, from Latin calēre, present active infinitive of caleō (“I heat”). Compare Franco-Provençal chalêr, Old Provençal caler.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʃa.lojr/
Verb
chaloir
- to heat
- (impersonal, reflexive, se chaloir) to bother, to concern
- circa 1200, author unknown, Aucassin et Nicolette
- Moi ne caut u nous aillons
- I don't care where we go
- Moi ne caut u nous aillons
- circa 1200, author unknown, Aucassin et Nicolette
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of chaloir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | chaloir | avoir chalu | |||||
| gerund | en chalant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | chalant | ||||||
| past participle | chalu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | chielt, chaut | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | chaloit, chaleit | — | — | — | |
| preterite | — | — | chalu, chaust | — | — | — | |
| future | — | — | chaudra | — | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | chaudroit, chaudreit | — | — | — | |
| 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 | — | — | chaille | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | chalust, chausist | — | — | — | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Related terms
References
- “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-09838-6, pages 150–151