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chaunger
chaunger
Old French
Verb
chaunger
- Late Anglo-Norman spelling of changier
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. 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. In addition, g becomes j before an a or an o to keep the /dʒ/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of chaunger (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | chaunger | avoir chaungé | |||||
| gerund | en chaunjant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | chaunjant | ||||||
| past participle | chaungé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | chaunge | chaunges | chaunge | chaunjons | chaungez | chaungent |
| imperfect | chaunjoie, chaungeie, chaunjoe, chaungeve | chaunjoies, chaungeies, chaunjoes, chaungeves | chaunjoit, chaungeit, chaunjot, chaungeve | chaungiiens, chaungiens | chaungiiez, chaungiez | chaunjoient, chaungeient, chaunjoent, chaungevent | |
| preterite | chaunjai | chaunjas | chaunja | chaunjames | chaunjastes | chaungerent | |
| future | chaungerai | chaungeras | chaungera | chaungerons | chaungeroiz, chaungereiz, chaungerez | chaungeront | |
| conditional | chaungeroie, chaungereie | chaungeroies, chaungereies | chaungeroit, chaungereit | chaungeriiens, chaungeriens | chaungeriiez, chaungeriez | chaungeroient, chaungereient | |
| 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 | chaunge | chaunges | chaunge | chaunjons | chaungez | chaungent |
| imperfect | chaunjasse | chaunjasses | chaunjast | chaungissons, chaungissiens | chaungissoiz, chaungissez, chaungissiez | chaunjassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | chaunge | — | chaunjons | chaungez | — | ||