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colchier
colchier
Old French
Verb
colchier
- Alternative form of couchier
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 colchier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | colchier | avoir colchié | |||||
| gerund | en colchant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | colchant | ||||||
| past participle | colchié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | colche | colches | colche | colchons | colchiez | colchent |
| imperfect | colchoie, colcheie, colchoe, colchieve | colchoies, colcheies, colchoes, colchieves | colchoit, colcheit, colchot, colchieve | colchiiens, colchiens | colchiiez, colchiez | colchoient, colcheient, colchoent, colchievent | |
| preterite | colchai | colchas | colcha | colchames | colchastes | colchierent | |
| future | colcherai | colcheras | colchera | colcherons | colcheroiz, colchereiz, colcherez | colcheront | |
| conditional | colcheroie, colchereie | colcheroies, colchereies | colcheroit, colchereit | colcheriiens, colcheriens | colcheriiez, colcheriez | colcheroient, colchereient | |
| 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 | colche | colches | colche | colchons | colchiez | colchent |
| imperfect | colchasse | colchasses | colchast | colchissons, colchissiens | colchissoiz, colchissez, colchissiez | colchassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | colche | — | colchons | colchiez | — | ||