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nichier
nichier
Old French
Verb
nichier
- to nest (of a bird, to build and maintain a nest)
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. 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 nichier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | nichier | avoir nichié | |||||
| gerund | en nichant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | nichant | ||||||
| past participle | nichié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | niche | niches | niche | nichons | nichiez | nichent |
| imperfect | nichoie, nicheie, nichoe, nichieve | nichoies, nicheies, nichoes, nichieves | nichoit, nicheit, nichot, nichieve | nichiiens, nichiens | nichiiez, nichiez | nichoient, nicheient, nichoent, nichievent | |
| preterite | nichai | nichas | nicha | nichames | nichastes | nichierent | |
| future | nicherai | nicheras | nichera | nicherons | nicheroiz, nichereiz, nicherez | nicheront | |
| conditional | nicheroie, nichereie | nicheroies, nichereies | nicheroit, nichereit | nicheriiens, nicheriens | nicheriiez, nicheriez | nicheroient, nichereient | |
| 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 | niche | niches | niche | nichons | nichiez | nichent |
| imperfect | nichasse | nichasses | nichast | nichissons, nichissiens | nichissoiz, nichissez, nichissiez | nichassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | niche | — | nichons | nichiez | — | ||