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manovrer
manovrer
See also: manövrer
Old French
Verb
manovrer
- to work, especially manual work
- to make; to create
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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. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of manovrer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | manovrer | avoir manovré | |||||
| gerund | en manovrant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | manovrant | ||||||
| past participle | manovré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | manovre | manovres | manovre | manovrons | manovrez | manovrent |
| imperfect | manovroie, manovreie, manovroe, manovreve | manovroies, manovreies, manovroes, manovreves | manovroit, manovreit, manovrot, manovreve | manovriiens, manovriens | manovriiez, manovriez | manovroient, manovreient, manovroent, manovrevent | |
| preterite | manovrai | manovras | manovra | manovrames | manovrastes | manovrerent | |
| future | manovrerai | manovreras | manovrera | manovrerons | manovreroiz, manovrereiz, manovrerez | manovreront | |
| conditional | manovreroie, manovrereie | manovreroies, manovrereies | manovreroit, manovrereit | manovreriiens, manovreriens | manovreriiez, manovreriez | manovreroient, manovrereient | |
| 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 | manovre | manovres | manovre | manovrons | manovrez | manovrent |
| imperfect | manovrasse | manovrasses | manovrast | manovrissons, manovrissiens | manovrissoiz, manovrissez, manovrissiez | manovrassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | manovre | — | manovrons | manovrez | — | ||