conquerre
Old French
Alternative forms
- cunquere
- cunquerre
Etymology
From Latin conquaerere (variant of conquīrere), present active infinitive of conquaerō. Equivalent to con- + querre.
Verb
conquerre
- to conquer; to defeat
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem conquier distinct from the unstressed stem conquer, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of conquerre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | conquerre | avoir conquis | |||||
| gerund | en conquerant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | conquerant | ||||||
| past participle | conquis | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | conquier | conquiers | conquiert | conquerons | conquerez | conquierent |
| imperfect | conqueroie, conquereie | conqueroies, conquereies | conqueroit, conquereit | conqueriiens, conqueriens | conqueriiez, conqueriez | conqueroient, conquereient | |
| preterite | conquis | conqueṣis | conquist | conqueṣimes | conqueṣistes | conquisdrent | |
| future | conquerrai | conquerras | conquerra | conquerrons | conquerroiz, conquerreiz, conquerrez | conquerront | |
| conditional | conquerroie, conquerreie | conquerroies, conquerreies | conquerroit, conquerreit | conquerriiens, conquerriens | conquerriiez, conquerriez | conquerroient, conquerreient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | conquiere, conquierge | conquieres, conquierges | conquiere, conquierge | conquerons, conquiergiens, conquierjons | conquerez, conquiergiez | conquierent, conquiergent |
| imperfect | conqueṣisse | conqueṣisses | conqueṣist | conqueṣissons, conqueṣissiens | conqueṣissoiz, conqueṣissez, conqueṣissiez | conqueṣissent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | conquier | — | conquerons | conquerez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: conquer
- French: conquérir