veoir
See also: vëoir
Middle French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French veoir, from Latin videō, vidēre.
Verb edit
veoir
- to see (to perceive using vision)
Descendants edit
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
veoir
- to see
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem voi distinct from the unstressed stem ve, 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 veoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | veoir | avoir veü, vis | |||||
gerund | en veant, voiant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | veant, voiant | ||||||
past participle | veü, vis | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | voi | voiz | voit | veons | veez | voient |
imperfect | veoie, veeie | veoies, veeies | veoit, veeit | veïiens, veïens | veïiez, veïez | veoient, veeient | |
preterite | vi | veïs | vit | veïmes | veïstes | virent | |
future | verai | veras | vera | verons | veroiz, vereiz, verez | veront | |
conditional | veroie, vereie | veroies, vereies | veroit, vereit | veriiens, veriens | veriiez, veriez | veroient, vereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | voie | voies | voie | veons, voiiens, voions | veez, voiiez | voient |
imperfect | veïsse | veïsses | veïst | veïssons, veïssiens | veïssoiz, veïssez, veïssiez | veïssent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | voi | — | veons | veez, vez | — |
Descendants edit
- Gallo: vair
- Middle French: veoir (see there for further descendants)
- Norman: veir
- Picard: vir
- Walloon: vey, vir
Noun edit
veoir oblique singular, m (oblique plural veoirs, nominative singular veoirs, nominative plural veoir)
- sight (capacity to see)