envoiier

Old French

Alternative forms

• enveier

Etymology

From older enveier, from Late Latin inviāre, from Latin via.

Verb

envoiier

1. (transitive) to send
   • c. 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar:

     l'enveia servir le rei

     (She) sent him to serve the king

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. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		envoiier			avoir envoiié
gerund		en envoiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		envoiant
past participle		envoiié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	envoi	envoies	envoie	envoions	envoiiez	envoient
	imperfect	envoioie, envoieie, envoioe, envoiieve	envoioies, envoieies, envoioes, envoiieves	envoioit, envoieit, envoiot, envoiieve	envoiiiens, envoiiens	envoiiiez, envoiiez	envoioient, envoieient, envoioent, envoiievent
	preterite	envoiai	envoias	envoia	envoiames	envoiastes	envoiierent
	future	envoierai	envoieras	envoiera	envoierons	envoieroiz, envoiereiz, envoierez	envoieront
	conditional	envoieroie, envoiereie	envoieroies, envoiereies	envoieroit, envoiereit	envoieriiens, envoieriens	envoieriiez, envoieriez	envoieroient, envoiereient
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	envoi	envois	envoit	envoions	envoiiez	envoient
	imperfect	envoiasse	envoiasses	envoiast	envoiissons, envoiissiens	envoiissoiz, envoiissez, envoiissiez	envoiassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	envoie	—	envoions	envoiiez	—

Descendants

• French: envoyer