comencier

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre.

Pronunciation

  • (classical) IPA(key): /kumanˈt͡sjeːɾ/, (northern) /kumenˈt͡ʃjeːɾ/

Verb

comencier

  1. start, begin

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 *-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
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 —

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