cumancier

Old French

Verb

cumancier

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of comencier

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 cumancier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		cumancier			avoir cumancié
gerund		en cumançant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		cumançant
past participle		cumancié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	cumanz	cumances	cumance	cumançons	cumanciez	cumancent
	imperfect	cumançoie, cumanceie, cumançoe, cumancieve	cumançoies, cumanceies, cumançoes, cumancieves	cumançoit, cumanceit, cumançot, cumancieve	cumanciiens, cumanciens	cumanciiez, cumanciez	cumançoient, cumanceient, cumançoent, cumancievent
	preterite	cumançai	cumanças	cumança	cumançames	cumançastes	cumancierent
	future	cumancerai	cumanceras	cumancera	cumancerons	cumanceroiz, cumancereiz, cumancerez	cumanceront
	conditional	cumanceroie, cumancereie	cumanceroies, cumancereies	cumanceroit, cumancereit	cumanceriiens, cumanceriens	cumanceriiez, cumanceriez	cumanceroient, cumancereient
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	cumanz	cumanz	cumanzt	cumançons	cumanciez	cumancent
	imperfect	cumançasse	cumançasses	cumançast	cumancissons, cumancissiens	cumancissoiz, cumancissez, cumancissiez	cumançassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	cumance	—	cumançons	cumanciez	—