reveoir
Old French
Alternative forms
- revedeir (10th century)
- reveer
- revoir (13th century onwards)
Etymology
re- + veoir.
Verb
reveoir
- to see again, especially a person; to meet again
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem revoi distinct from the unstressed stem reve, 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 reveoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | reveoir | avoir reveü, revis | |||||
| gerund | en reveant, revoiant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | reveant, revoiant | ||||||
| past participle | reveü, revis | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | revoi | revoiz | revoit | reveons | reveez | revoient |
| imperfect | reveoie, reveeie | reveoies, reveeies | reveoit, reveeit | reveïiens, reveïens | reveïiez, reveïez | reveoient, reveeient | |
| preterite | revi | reveïs | revit | reveïmes | reveïstes | revirent | |
| future | reverai | reveras | revera | reverons | reveroiz, revereiz, reverez | reveront | |
| conditional | reveroie, revereie | reveroies, revereies | reveroit, revereit | reveriiens, reveriens | reveriiez, reveriez | reveroient, revereient | |
| 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 | revoie | revoies | revoie | reveons, revoiiens, revoions | reveez, revoiiez | revoient |
| imperfect | reveïsse | reveïsses | reveïst | reveïssons, reveïssiens | reveïssoiz, reveïssez, reveïssiez | reveïssent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | revoi | — | reveons | reveez, revez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: revoir
References
- Etymology and history of “revoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.