tancier
Old French
Verb
tancier
- (reflexive, se tancier) to occupy oneself with (a task, etc.)
- to protect; to guard
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. 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 tancier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | tancier | avoir tancié | |||||
gerund | en tançant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | tançant | ||||||
past participle | tancié | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses | present | tanz | tances | tance | tançons | tanciez | tancent |
imperfect | tançoie, tanceie, tançoe, tancieve | tançoies, tanceies, tançoes, tancieves | tançoit, tanceit, tançot, tancieve | tanciiens, tanciens | tanciiez, tanciez | tançoient, tanceient, tançoent, tancievent | |
preterite | tançai | tanças | tança | tançames | tançastes | tancierent | |
future | tancerai | tanceras | tancera | tancerons | tanceroiz, tancereiz, tancerez | tanceront | |
conditional | tanceroie, tancereie | tanceroies, tancereies | tanceroit, tancereit | tanceriiens, tanceriens | tanceriiez, tanceriez | tanceroient, tancereient | |
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 | tanz | tanz | tanzt | tançons | tanciez | tancent |
imperfect | tançasse | tançasses | tançast | tancissons, tancissiens | tancissoiz, tancissez, tancissiez | tançassent | |
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 | – | |
— | tance | — | tançons | tanciez | — |
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (tencer)