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corre
corre
See also: corré
Catalan
Verb
corre
- third-person singular present indicative form of córrer
- second-person singular imperative form of córrer
Galician
Verb
corre
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin currere, present active infinitive of currō.
Verb
corre
- to run
- (of a horse) to gallop
- 12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:
- B. lait corre son bon destrier norois
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- to travel in general
- late 12th century, anonymous, La Folie de Tristan d'Oxford, page 354 (of the Champion Classiques edition of Le Roman de Tristan, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4), lines 67-70:
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La nef ert fort e belle e grande,
bone cum cele k'ert markande.
De plusurs mers chargee esteit,
en Engleterre curre devait.- The ship was strong and beautiful and big,
good like a merchant's ship
loaded with lots of different type of merchandise
ready to set sail to England.
- The ship was strong and beautiful and big,
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La nef ert fort e belle e grande,
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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 corre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | corre | avoir coru | |||||
gerund | en corant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | corant | ||||||
past participle | coru | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | cor | cors | cort | corons | corez | corent |
imperfect | coroie, coreie | coroies, coreies | coroit, coreit | coriiens, coriens | coriiez, coriez | coroient, coreient | |
preterite | corui | corus | coru | corumes | corustes | corurent | |
future | corrai | corras | corra | corrons | corroiz, correiz, correz | corront | |
conditional | corroie, correie | corroies, correies | corroit, correit | corriiens, corriens | corriiez, corriez | corroient, correient | |
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 | core | cores | core | corons | corez | corent |
imperfect | corusse | corusses | corust | corussons, corussiens | corussoiz, corussez, corussiez | corussent | |
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 | – | |
— | cor | — | corons | corez | — |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (courre, supplement)