cumencer

Old French

Verb

cumencer

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of comencier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. 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 cumencer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		cumencer			avoir cumencé
gerund		en cumençant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		cumençant
past participle		cumencé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	cumenz	cumences	cumence	cumençons	cumencez	cumencent
	imperfect	cumençoie, cumenceie, cumençoe, cumenceve	cumençoies, cumenceies, cumençoes, cumenceves	cumençoit, cumenceit, cumençot, cumenceve	cumenciiens, cumenciens	cumenciiez, cumenciez	cumençoient, cumenceient, cumençoent, cumencevent
	preterite	cumençai	cumenças	cumença	cumençames	cumençastes	cumencerent
	future	cumencerai	cumenceras	cumencera	cumencerons	cumenceroiz, cumencereiz, cumencerez	cumenceront
	conditional	cumenceroie, cumencereie	cumenceroies, cumencereies	cumenceroit, cumencereit	cumenceriiens, cumenceriens	cumenceriiez, cumenceriez	cumenceroient, cumencereient
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	cumenz	cumenz	cumenzt	cumençons	cumencez	cumencent
	imperfect	cumençasse	cumençasses	cumençast	cumencissons, cumencissiens	cumencissoiz, cumencissez, cumencissiez	cumençassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	cumence	—	cumençons	cumencez	—