comencer

Old French

Verb

comencer

1. Alternative form of cumencer.

Conjugation

• This verb is part of an group of -er verbs, for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of comencer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		comencer			avoir comencé, comencez
gerund		en començant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		començant
past participle		comencé, comencez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	comence	comences	comence	començons	comencez, comencés	comencent
	imperfect	començoe, comenceie, començoie	començoes, comenceies, començoies	començot, comenceit, començoit	comencions, comenciions	comenciez, comenciiez	començoent, comenient, començoient
	past historic	comença	començas	comença	començames	començastes	comencerent
	future	comencerai	comenceras	comencera	comencerons	comencerez, comencereiz	comenceront
	conditional	comenceroe, comencereie, comenceroie	comenceroes, comencereied, comenceroied	comencerot, comencereie, comenceroie	comencerions, comenceriions	comenceriez, comenceriiez	comenceroent, comencereient, comenceroient
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 past historic 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 jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	comence	comences	comence	començons	comencez	comencent
	imperfect	començasse	començasses	començast	comencissons	comencissez, comencissiez	començassent
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, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	comence	—	començons	comencez	—