cembler

Old French

Verb

cembler

1. Alternative form of sambler

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of cembler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		cembler			avoir cemblé
gerund		en cemblant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		cemblant
past participle		cemblé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	cemble	cembles	cemble	cemblons	cemblez	cemblent
	imperfect	cembloie, cembleie, cembloe, cembleve	cembloies, cembleies, cembloes, cembleves	cembloit, cembleit, cemblot, cembleve	cembliiens, cembliens	cembliiez, cembliez	cembloient, cembleient, cembloent, cemblevent
	preterite	cemblai	cemblas	cembla	cemblames	cemblastes	cemblerent
	future	cemblerai	cembleras	cemblera	cemblerons	cembleroiz, cemblereiz, cemblerez	cembleront
	conditional	cembleroie, cemblereie	cembleroies, cemblereies	cembleroit, cemblereit	cembleriiens, cembleriens	cembleriiez, cembleriez	cembleroient, cemblereient
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	cemble	cembles	cemble	cemblons	cemblez	cemblent
	imperfect	cemblasse	cemblasses	cemblast	cemblissons, cemblissiens	cemblissoiz, cemblissez, cemblissiez	cemblassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	cemble	—	cemblons	cemblez	—