From Vulgar Latin *viglāre, contraction of vigilāre, present tense active infinitive of vigilō (“I am watchful”).
veillier
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 *-eill, *-eills, *-eillt are modified to eil, euz, eut. 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 | veillier | avoir veillié | |||||
gerund | en veillant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | veillant | ||||||
past participle | veillié | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | veil | veilles | veille | veillons | veilliez | veillent |
imperfect | veilloie, veilleie, veilloe, veillieve | veilloies, veilleies, veilloes, veillieves | veilloit, veilleit, veillot, veillieve | veilliiens, veilliens | veilliiez, veilliez | veilloient, veilleient, veilloent, veillievent | |
preterite | veillai | veillas | veilla | veillames | veillastes | veillierent | |
future | veillerai | veilleras | veillera | veillerons | veilleroiz, veillereiz, veillerez | veilleront | |
conditional | veilleroie, veillereie | veilleroies, veillereies | veilleroit, veillereit | veilleriiens, veilleriens | veilleriiez, veilleriez | veilleroient, veillereient | |
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 | veil | veuz | veut | veillons | veilliez | veillent |
imperfect | veillasse | veillasses | veillast | veillissons, veillissiens | veillissoiz, veillissez, veillissiez | veillassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | veille | — | veillons | veilliez | — |