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cuidier
cuidier
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
cuidier
- to think; to consider; to reflect
- to pay attention
- to watch out; to be vigilant
- to presume; to claim
- to think; to believe
- circa 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
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Mes qui l’apele il ne le sot :
Fantosme cuide que ce soit.- Mais he did not know who was calling him
He thought that it was a ghost
- Mais he did not know who was calling him
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Mes qui l’apele il ne le sot :
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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. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of cuidier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | cuidier | avoir cuidié | |||||
| gerund | en cuidant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | cuidant | ||||||
| past participle | cuidié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | cuit | cuides | cuide | cuidons | cuidiez | cuident |
| imperfect | cuidoie, cuideie, cuidoe, cuidieve | cuidoies, cuideies, cuidoes, cuidieves | cuidoit, cuideit, cuidot, cuidieve | cuidiiens, cuidiens | cuidiiez, cuidiez | cuidoient, cuideient, cuidoent, cuidievent | |
| preterite | cuidai | cuidas | cuida | cuidames | cuidastes | cuidierent | |
| future | cuiderai | cuideras | cuidera | cuiderons | cuideroiz, cuidereiz, cuiderez | cuideront | |
| conditional | cuideroie, cuidereie | cuideroies, cuidereies | cuideroit, cuidereit | cuideriiens, cuideriens | cuideriiez, cuideriez | cuideroient, cuidereient | |
| 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 | cuit | cuiz | cuit | cuidons | cuidiez | cuident |
| imperfect | cuidasse | cuidasses | cuidast | cuidissons, cuidissiens | cuidissoiz, cuidissez, cuidissiez | cuidassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | cuide | — | cuidons | cuidiez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: cuider (obsolete)