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recercer
recercer
Old French
Verb
recercer
- (early Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of recerchier
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. 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 recercer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | recercer | avoir recercé | |||||
| gerund | en recerçant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | recerçant | ||||||
| past participle | recercé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | recerz | recerces | recerce | recerçons | recercez | recercent |
| imperfect | recerçoie, recerceie, recerçoe, recerceve | recerçoies, recerceies, recerçoes, recerceves | recerçoit, recerceit, recerçot, recerceve | recerciiens, recerciens | recerciiez, recerciez | recerçoient, recerceient, recerçoent, recercevent | |
| preterite | recerçai | recerças | recerça | recerçames | recerçastes | recercerent | |
| future | recercerai | recerceras | recercera | recercerons | recerceroiz, recercereiz, recercerez | recerceront | |
| conditional | recerceroie, recercereie | recerceroies, recercereies | recerceroit, recercereit | recerceriiens, recerceriens | recerceriiez, recerceriez | recerceroient, recercereient | |
| 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 | recerz | recerz | recerzt | recerçons | recercez | recercent |
| imperfect | recerçasse | recerçasses | recerçast | recercissons, recercissiens | recercissoiz, recercissez, recercissiez | recerçassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | recerce | — | recerçons | recercez | — | ||