Inherited from Old French percevoir, perceveir, from Vulgar Latin *percipēre, variant form of Classical Latin percipĕre (“to seize, to observe”).
percevoir
infinitive | simple | percevoir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | percevant /pɛʁ.sə.vɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | perçu /pɛʁ.sy/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | perçois /pɛʁ.swa/ |
perçois /pɛʁ.swa/ |
perçoit /pɛʁ.swa/ |
percevons /pɛʁ.sə.vɔ̃/ |
percevez /pɛʁ.sə.ve/ |
perçoivent /pɛʁ.swav/ |
imperfect | percevais /pɛʁ.sə.vɛ/ |
percevais /pɛʁ.sə.vɛ/ |
percevait /pɛʁ.sə.vɛ/ |
percevions /pɛʁ.sə.vjɔ̃/ |
perceviez /pɛʁ.sə.vje/ |
percevaient /pɛʁ.sə.vɛ/ | |
past historic2 | perçus /pɛʁ.sy/ |
perçus /pɛʁ.sy/ |
perçut /pɛʁ.sy/ |
perçûmes /pɛʁ.sym/ |
perçûtes /pɛʁ.syt/ |
perçurent /pɛʁ.syʁ/ | |
future | percevrai /pɛʁ.sə.vʁe/ |
percevras /pɛʁ.sə.vʁa/ |
percevra /pɛʁ.sə.vʁa/ |
percevrons /pɛʁ.sə.vʁɔ̃/ |
percevrez /pɛʁ.sə.vʁe/ |
percevront /pɛʁ.sə.vʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | percevrais /pɛʁ.sə.vʁɛ/ |
percevrais /pɛʁ.sə.vʁɛ/ |
percevrait /pɛʁ.sə.vʁɛ/ |
percevrions /pɛʁ.sə.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
percevriez /pɛʁ.sə.vʁi.je/ |
percevraient /pɛʁ.sə.vʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | perçoive /pɛʁ.swav/ |
perçoives /pɛʁ.swav/ |
perçoive /pɛʁ.swav/ |
percevions /pɛʁ.sə.vjɔ̃/ |
perceviez /pɛʁ.sə.vje/ |
perçoivent /pɛʁ.swav/ |
imperfect2 | perçusse /pɛʁ.sys/ |
perçusses /pɛʁ.sys/ |
perçût /pɛʁ.sy/ |
perçussions /pɛʁ.sy.sjɔ̃/ |
perçussiez /pɛʁ.sy.sje/ |
perçussent /pɛʁ.sys/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | perçois /pɛʁ.swa/ |
— | percevons /pɛʁ.sə.vɔ̃/ |
percevez /pɛʁ.sə.ve/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
From Vulgar Latin *percipēre, variant form of Classical Latin percipiō, percipĕre (“seize, observe”).
percevoir
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem perçoiv distinct from the unstressed stem percev, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | percevoir | avoir perceü | |||||
gerund | en percevant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | percevant | ||||||
past participle | perceü | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | perçoif, perçoi | perçois | perçoit | percevons | percevez | perçoivent |
imperfect | percevoie, perceveie | percevoies, perceveies | percevoit, perceveit | perceviiens, perceviens | perceviiez, perceviez | percevoient, perceveient | |
preterite | perçui | perceüs | perçut | perceümes | perceüstes | perçurent | |
future | percevrai | percevras | percevra | percevrons | percevroiz, percevreiz, percevrez | percevront | |
conditional | percevroie, percevreie | percevroies, percevreies | percevroit, percevreit | percevriiens, percevriens | percevriiez, percevriez | percevroient, percevreient | |
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 | perçoive | perçoives | perçoive | percevons | percevez | perçoivent |
imperfect | perceüsse | perceüsses | perceüst | perceüssons, perceüssiens | perceüssoiz, perceüssez, perceüssiez | perceüssent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | perçoif | — | percevons | percevez | — |