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criquer
criquer
Old French
Verb
criquer
- to creak (making a creaking sound)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-qu, *-qus, *-qut are modified to c, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of criquer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | criquer | avoir criqué | |||||
| gerund | en criquant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | criquant | ||||||
| past participle | criqué | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | cric | criques | crique | criquons | criquez | criquent |
| imperfect | criquoie, criqueie, criquoe, criqueve | criquoies, criqueies, criquoes, criqueves | criquoit, criqueit, criquot, criqueve | criquiiens, criquiens | criquiiez, criquiez | criquoient, criqueient, criquoent, criquevent | |
| preterite | criquai | criquas | criqua | criquames | criquastes | criquerent | |
| future | criquerai | criqueras | criquera | criquerons | criqueroiz, criquereiz, criquerez | criqueront | |
| conditional | criqueroie, criquereie | criqueroies, criquereies | criqueroit, criquereit | criqueriiens, criqueriens | criqueriiez, criqueriez | criqueroient, criquereient | |
| 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 | cric | cris | crit | criquons | criquez | criquent |
| imperfect | criquasse | criquasses | criquast | criquissons, criquissiens | criquissoiz, criquissez, criquissiez | criquassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | crique | — | criquons | criquez | — | ||
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (criquer)