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encorager
encorager
Old French
Verb
encorager
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of encoragier
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. 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. In addition, g becomes j before an a or an o to keep the /dʒ/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of encorager (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | encorager | avoir encoragé | |||||
| gerund | en encorajant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | encorajant | ||||||
| past participle | encoragé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | encorage | encorages | encorage | encorajons | encoragez | encoragent |
| imperfect | encorajoie, encorageie, encorajoe, encorageve | encorajoies, encorageies, encorajoes, encorageves | encorajoit, encorageit, encorajot, encorageve | encoragiiens, encoragiens | encoragiiez, encoragiez | encorajoient, encorageient, encorajoent, encoragevent | |
| preterite | encorajai | encorajas | encoraja | encorajames | encorajastes | encoragerent | |
| future | encoragerai | encorageras | encoragera | encoragerons | encorageroiz, encoragereiz, encoragerez | encorageront | |
| conditional | encorageroie, encoragereie | encorageroies, encoragereies | encorageroit, encoragereit | encorageriiens, encorageriens | encorageriiez, encorageriez | encorageroient, encoragereient | |
| 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 | encorage | encorages | encorage | encorajons | encoragez | encoragent |
| imperfect | encorajasse | encorajasses | encorajast | encoragissons, encoragissiens | encoragissoiz, encoragissez, encoragissiez | encorajassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | encorage | — | encorajons | encoragez | — | ||