marchier
Norman
Alternative forms
- marchi (Jersey, continental Normandy)
Etymology
From Old French marchier, from Frankish *markōn.
Verb
marchier
- (Guernsey) to walk
Old French
Etymology
From Frankish *markōn.
Verb
marchier
- to walk; to travel by foot
- circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence li miracles que Nostre Dame fist dou soucretain et d'une dame:
- Et vos qui au marchié marchiez[.]
- And you who are walking to the market.
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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. 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 marchier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | marchier | avoir marchié | |||||
| gerund | en marchant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | marchant | ||||||
| past participle | marchié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | marche | marches | marche | marchons | marchiez | marchent |
| imperfect | marchoie, marcheie, marchoe, marchieve | marchoies, marcheies, marchoes, marchieves | marchoit, marcheit, marchot, marchieve | marchiiens, marchiens | marchiiez, marchiez | marchoient, marcheient, marchoent, marchievent | |
| preterite | marchai | marchas | marcha | marchames | marchastes | marchierent | |
| future | marcherai | marcheras | marchera | marcherons | marcheroiz, marchereiz, marcherez | marcheront | |
| conditional | marcheroie, marchereie | marcheroies, marchereies | marcheroit, marchereit | marcheriiens, marcheriens | marcheriiez, marcheriez | marcheroient, marchereient | |
| 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 | marche | marches | marche | marchons | marchiez | marchent |
| imperfect | marchasse | marchasses | marchast | marchissons, marchissiens | marchissoiz, marchissez, marchissiez | marchassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | marche | — | marchons | marchiez | — | ||
Descendants
- Middle French: marcher
- French: marcher
- → Middle English: marchen
- English: march
- Norman: marchi (Jersey, continental Normandy), marchier (Guernsey)