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recerchier
recerchier
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
recerchier
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 recerchier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | recerchier | avoir recerchié | |||||
| gerund | en recerchant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | recerchant | ||||||
| past participle | recerchié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | recerche | recerches | recerche | recerchons | recerchiez | recerchent |
| imperfect | recerchoie, recercheie, recerchoe, recerchieve | recerchoies, recercheies, recerchoes, recerchieves | recerchoit, recercheit, recerchot, recerchieve | recerchiiens, recerchiens | recerchiiez, recerchiez | recerchoient, recercheient, recerchoent, recerchievent | |
| preterite | recerchai | recerchas | recercha | recerchames | recerchastes | recerchierent | |
| future | recercherai | recercheras | recerchera | recercherons | recercheroiz, recerchereiz, recercherez | recercheront | |
| conditional | recercheroie, recerchereie | recercheroies, recerchereies | recercheroit, recerchereit | recercheriiens, recercheriens | recercheriiez, recercheriez | recercheroient, recerchereient | |
| 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 | recerche | recerches | recerche | recerchons | recerchiez | recerchent |
| imperfect | recerchasse | recerchasses | recerchast | recerchissons, recerchissiens | recerchissoiz, recerchissez, recerchissiez | recerchassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | recerche | — | recerchons | recerchiez | — | ||