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esfacier
esfacier
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
esfacier
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 esfacier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | esfacier | avoir esfacié | |||||
| gerund | en esfaçant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | esfaçant | ||||||
| past participle | esfacié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | esfaz | esfaces | esface | esfaçons | esfaciez | esfacent |
| imperfect | esfaçoie, esfaceie, esfaçoe, esfacieve | esfaçoies, esfaceies, esfaçoes, esfacieves | esfaçoit, esfaceit, esfaçot, esfacieve | esfaciiens, esfaciens | esfaciiez, esfaciez | esfaçoient, esfaceient, esfaçoent, esfacievent | |
| preterite | esfaçai | esfaças | esfaça | esfaçames | esfaçastes | esfacierent | |
| future | esfacerai | esfaceras | esfacera | esfacerons | esfaceroiz, esfacereiz, esfacerez | esfaceront | |
| conditional | esfaceroie, esfacereie | esfaceroies, esfacereies | esfaceroit, esfacereit | esfaceriiens, esfaceriens | esfaceriiez, esfaceriez | esfaceroient, esfacereient | |
| 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 | esfaz | esfaz | esfazt | esfaçons | esfaciez | esfacent |
| imperfect | esfaçasse | esfaçasses | esfaçast | esfacissons, esfacissiens | esfacissoiz, esfacissez, esfacissiez | esfaçassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | esface | — | esfaçons | esfaciez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: effacer