purchacer
Old French
Etymology
pur- + chacer
Verb
purchacer
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of porchacier
- (Anglo-Norman) to obtain; to acquire
- (late Anglo-Norman) to buy; to purchase
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 purchacer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | purchacer | avoir purchacé | |||||
gerund | en purchaçant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | purchaçant | ||||||
past participle | purchacé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses | present | purchaz | purchaces | purchace | purchaçons | purchacez | purchacent |
imperfect | purchaçoie, purchaceie, purchaçoe, purchaceve | purchaçoies, purchaceies, purchaçoes, purchaceves | purchaçoit, purchaceit, purchaçot, purchaceve | purchaciiens, purchaciens | purchaciiez, purchaciez | purchaçoient, purchaceient, purchaçoent, purchacevent | |
preterite | purchaçai | purchaças | purchaça | purchaçames | purchaçastes | purchacerent | |
future | purchacerai | purchaceras | purchacera | purchacerons | purchaceroiz, purchacereiz, purchacerez | purchaceront | |
conditional | purchaceroie, purchacereie | purchaceroies, purchacereies | purchaceroit, purchacereit | purchaceriiens, purchaceriens | purchaceriiez, purchaceriez | purchaceroient, purchacereient | |
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 | purchaz | purchaz | purchazt | purchaçons | purchacez | purchacent |
imperfect | purchaçasse | purchaçasses | purchaçast | purchacissons, purchacissiens | purchacissoiz, purchacissez, purchacissiez | purchaçassent | |
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 | – | |
— | purchace | — | purchaçons | purchacez | — |
Descendants
- English: purchase