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sivre
sivre
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
sivre
- to follow
- circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
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einz me sivrez a pié et nue
- thus you will follow me on foot and naked
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einz me sivrez a pié et nue
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem siu distinct from the unstressed stem sev, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of sivre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | sivre | avoir sivi, seü | |||||
| gerund | en sevant, sivant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | sevant, sivant | ||||||
| past participle | sivi, seü | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | siu | sius | siut | sevons, sivons | sevez, sivez | sivent, siuent |
| imperfect | sevoie, seveie, sivoie, siveie | sevoies, seveies, sivoies, siveies | sevoit, seveit, sivoit, siveit | seviiens, seviens, siviiens, siviens | seviiez, seviez, siviiez, siviez | sevoient, seveient, sivoient, siveient | |
| preterite | sivi, sui | sivis, seüs | sivié, sut | sivimes, seümes | sivistes, seüstes | sivierent, surent | |
| future | sevrai, sivrai, siurai | sevras, sivras, siuras | sevra, sivra, siura | sevrons, sivrons, siurons | sevroiz, sevreiz, sevrez, sivroiz, sivreiz, sivrez, siuroiz, siureiz, siurez | sevront, sivront, siuront | |
| conditional | sevroie, sevreie, sivroie, sivreie, siuroie, siureie | sevroies, sevreies, sivroies, sivreies, siuroies, siureies | sevroit, sevreit, sivroit, sivreit, siuroit, siureit | sevriiens, sevriens, sivriiens, sivriens, siuriiens, siuriens | sevriiez, sevriez, sivriiez, sivriez, siuriiez, siuriez | sevroient, sevreient, sivroient, sivreient, siuroient, siureient | |
| 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 | sive, siue | sives, siues | sive, siue | sevons, sivons | sevez, sivez | sivent, siuent |
| imperfect | sivisse, seüsse | sivisses, seüsses | sivist, seüst | sivissons, sivissiens, seüssons, seüssiens | sivissoiz, sivissez, sivissiez, seüssoiz, seüssez, seüssiez | sivissent, seüssent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | siu | — | sevons, sivons | sevez, sivez | — | ||
Related terms
Descendants
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (sivre, supplement)
- sivre on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub