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Mercher
Mercher
mercher
mercher
Old French
Verb
mercher
- Alternative form of merchier
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 mercher (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | mercher | avoir merché | |||||
| gerund | en merchant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | merchant | ||||||
| past participle | merché | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | merche | merches | merche | merchons | merchez | merchent |
| imperfect | merchoie, mercheie, merchoe, mercheve | merchoies, mercheies, merchoes, mercheves | merchoit, mercheit, merchot, mercheve | merchiiens, merchiens | merchiiez, merchiez | merchoient, mercheient, merchoent, merchevent | |
| preterite | merchai | merchas | mercha | merchames | merchastes | mercherent | |
| future | mercherai | mercheras | merchera | mercherons | mercheroiz, merchereiz, mercherez | mercheront | |
| conditional | mercheroie, merchereie | mercheroies, merchereies | mercheroit, merchereit | mercheriiens, mercheriens | mercheriiez, mercheriez | mercheroient, merchereient | |
| 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 | merche | merches | merche | merchons | merchez | merchent |
| imperfect | merchasse | merchasses | merchast | merchissons, merchissiens | merchissoiz, merchissez, merchissiez | merchassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | merche | — | merchons | merchez | — | ||