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cumancier
cumancier
Old French
Verb
cumancier
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of comencier
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 *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of cumancier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | cumancier | avoir cumancié | |||||
| gerund | en cumançant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | cumançant | ||||||
| past participle | cumancié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | cumanz | cumances | cumance | cumançons | cumanciez | cumancent |
| imperfect | cumançoie, cumanceie, cumançoe, cumancieve | cumançoies, cumanceies, cumançoes, cumancieves | cumançoit, cumanceit, cumançot, cumancieve | cumanciiens, cumanciens | cumanciiez, cumanciez | cumançoient, cumanceient, cumançoent, cumancievent | |
| preterite | cumançai | cumanças | cumança | cumançames | cumançastes | cumancierent | |
| future | cumancerai | cumanceras | cumancera | cumancerons | cumanceroiz, cumancereiz, cumancerez | cumanceront | |
| conditional | cumanceroie, cumancereie | cumanceroies, cumancereies | cumanceroit, cumancereit | cumanceriiens, cumanceriens | cumanceriiez, cumanceriez | cumanceroient, cumancereient | |
| 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 | cumanz | cumanz | cumanzt | cumançons | cumanciez | cumancent |
| imperfect | cumançasse | cumançasses | cumançast | cumancissons, cumancissiens | cumancissoiz, cumancissez, cumancissiez | cumançassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | cumance | — | cumançons | cumanciez | — | ||