mengier

mengier

Old French

Alternative forms

• mangier
• manger
• menger

Etymology

From Latin manducāre, present active infinitive of manducō.

Verb

mengier

1. to eat (consume food)

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. This verb has a stressed present stem menju distinct from the unstressed stem meng. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		mengier			avoir mengié
gerund		en menjant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		menjant
past participle		mengié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	menju	menjües	menjüe	menjons	mengiez	menjüent
	imperfect	menjoie, mengeie, menjoe, mengieve	menjoies, mengeies, menjoes, mengieves	menjoit, mengeit, menjot, mengieve	mengiiens, mengiens	mengiiez, mengiez	menjoient, mengeient, menjoent, mengievent
	preterite	menjai	menjas	menja	menjames	menjastes	mengierent
	future	mengerai	mengeras	mengera	mengerons	mengeroiz, mengereiz, mengerez	mengeront
	conditional	mengeroie, mengereie	mengeroies, mengereies	mengeroit, mengereit	mengeriiens, mengeriens	mengeriiez, mengeriez	mengeroient, mengereient
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	menju	menjus	menjut	menjons	mengiez	menjüent
	imperfect	menjasse	menjasses	menjast	mengissons, mengissiens	mengissoiz, mengissez, mengissiez	menjassent
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	–
		—	menjüe	—	menjons	mengiez	—

Noun

mengier m (oblique plural mengiers, nominative singular mengiers, nominative plural mengier)

1. food; nourishment

Descendants

• French: manger