gizai

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin iaceo, cognate with French gésir and Italian giacere.

Verb

gizai

1. (intransitive) to find oneself

   El y fut don, et dans lai chambre voù gizoot lou petit gâçon, ai trôvit qu'el aivoot les mambres déjei pus froids que des glaiçons.

   He went there and, in the room where the little boy found himself, he saw his limbs where already as cold as ice.

2. (intransitive) to be found

Conjugation

      Conjugation in Bourguignon

infinitive			gizai
gerund			gizant
auxiliary			aivoi
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		gizai		gizie
		plural		gizais		gizies
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		je (j’) / i*	tu (t')	ai (el), ale	je (j’) / i*	vos	ai (el), ales
	present	gize	gizes	gize	gizons	gizez	gizant
	imperfect	gizoos	gizoos	gizoot	gizeins	gizeins	gizeint
	preterite	gizis	gizis	gizit	gizirens	gizirens	gizirent
	future	gizeré	gizerés	gizeré	gizerons	gizerez	gizeront
	conditional	gizeroos	gizeroos	gizeroot	gizereins	gizereins	gizereint
subjunctive		que je (j’) / qu'i*	que tu (t')	qu'ai (el), qu'ale	que je (j’) / qu'i*	que vos	qu'ai (el), qu'ales
	present	gize	gizes	gize	gizeins	gizeins	gizeint
	imperfect	gizisse	gizisses	gizisse	gizisseins	gizisseins	gizisseint
imperative		—	tu	—	je (j’) / i*	vos	—
	present		gize		gizons	gizez
* je is found in Central and Eastern Burgundy, i is found in the Morvan and partially throughout the whole region