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trebuchier
trebuchier
Old French
Verb
trebuchier
- (intransitive) to fall; to fall over
- (transitive) to knock over; to cause to fall
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 trebuchier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | trebuchier | avoir trebuchié | |||||
| gerund | en trebuchant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | trebuchant | ||||||
| past participle | trebuchié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | trebuche | trebuches | trebuche | trebuchons | trebuchiez | trebuchent |
| imperfect | trebuchoie, trebucheie, trebuchoe, trebuchieve | trebuchoies, trebucheies, trebuchoes, trebuchieves | trebuchoit, trebucheit, trebuchot, trebuchieve | trebuchiiens, trebuchiens | trebuchiiez, trebuchiez | trebuchoient, trebucheient, trebuchoent, trebuchievent | |
| preterite | trebuchai | trebuchas | trebucha | trebuchames | trebuchastes | trebuchierent | |
| future | trebucherai | trebucheras | trebuchera | trebucherons | trebucheroiz, trebuchereiz, trebucherez | trebucheront | |
| conditional | trebucheroie, trebuchereie | trebucheroies, trebuchereies | trebucheroit, trebuchereit | trebucheriiens, trebucheriens | trebucheriiez, trebucheriez | trebucheroient, trebuchereient | |
| 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 | trebuche | trebuches | trebuche | trebuchons | trebuchiez | trebuchent |
| imperfect | trebuchasse | trebuchasses | trebuchast | trebuchissons, trebuchissiens | trebuchissoiz, trebuchissez, trebuchissiez | trebuchassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | trebuche | — | trebuchons | trebuchiez | — | ||