comencier
Old French
editAlternative forms
edit- commencier, conmencier, cumancier, cumencer, cumencier
- comenchier, conmenchier (northern)
Etymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcomencier
Conjugation
editThis 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 *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of comencier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | comencier | avoir comencié | |||||
gerund | en començant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | començant | ||||||
past participle | comencié | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | comenz | comences | comence | començons | comenciez | comencent |
imperfect | començoie, comenceie, començoe, comencieve | començoies, comenceies, començoes, comencieves | començoit, comenceit, començot, comencieve | comenciiens, comenciens | comenciiez, comenciez | començoient, comenceient, començoent, comencievent | |
preterite | començai | començas | comença | començames | començastes | comencierent | |
future | comencerai | comenceras | comencera | comencerons | comenceroiz, comencereiz, comencerez | comenceront | |
conditional | comenceroie, comencereie | comenceroies, comencereies | comenceroit, comencereit | comenceriiens, comenceriens | comenceriiez, comenceriez | comenceroient, comencereient | |
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 | comenz | comenz | comenzt | començons | comenciez | comencent |
imperfect | començasse | començasses | començast | comencissons, comencissiens | comencissoiz, comencissez, comencissiez | començassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | - | tu | - | nos | vos | - | |
— | comence | — | començons | comenciez | — |