cerquier

Old French

Verb

cerquier

1. Alternative form of cerchier

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. The forms that would normally end in *-qu, *-qus, *-qut are modified to c, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		cerquier			avoir cerquié
gerund		en cerquant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		cerquant
past participle		cerquié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	cerc	cerques	cerque	cerquons	cerquiez	cerquent
	imperfect	cerquoie, cerqueie, cerquoe, cerquieve	cerquoies, cerqueies, cerquoes, cerquieves	cerquoit, cerqueit, cerquot, cerquieve	cerquiiens, cerquiens	cerquiiez, cerquiez	cerquoient, cerqueient, cerquoent, cerquievent
	preterite	cerquai	cerquas	cerqua	cerquames	cerquastes	cerquierent
	future	cerquerai	cerqueras	cerquera	cerquerons	cerqueroiz, cerquereiz, cerquerez	cerqueront
	conditional	cerqueroie, cerquereie	cerqueroies, cerquereies	cerqueroit, cerquereit	cerqueriiens, cerqueriens	cerqueriiez, cerqueriez	cerqueroient, cerquereient
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	cerc	cers	cert	cerquons	cerquiez	cerquent
	imperfect	cerquasse	cerquasses	cerquast	cerquissons, cerquissiens	cerquissoiz, cerquissez, cerquissiez	cerquassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	cerque	—	cerquons	cerquiez	—