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apeler
apeler
Old French
Verb
apeler
- to call, to call out
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Tot maintenant la dameisele
Un suen serjant privé apele[.]- Right away, the lady
- Calls her own sergeant
- Tot maintenant la dameisele
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
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- Le chevaler avant ala, e la pucele l'apela. (Lanval, Marie de France 12th or 13th century AD)
- The knight went onwards, and the young girl called to him.
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-els, *-elt are modified to eaus, eaut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of apeler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | apeler | avoir apelé | |||||
| gerund | en apelant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | apelant | ||||||
| past participle | apelé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | apel | apeles | apele | apelons | apelez | apelent |
| imperfect | apeloie, apeleie, apeloe, apeleve | apeloies, apeleies, apeloes, apeleves | apeloit, apeleit, apelot, apeleve | apeliiens, apeliens | apeliiez, apeliez | apeloient, apeleient, apeloent, apelevent | |
| preterite | apelai | apelas | apela | apelames | apelastes | apelerent | |
| future | apelerai | apeleras | apelera | apelerons | apeleroiz, apelereiz, apelerez | apeleront | |
| conditional | apeleroie, apelereie | apeleroies, apelereies | apeleroit, apelereit | apeleriiens, apeleriens | apeleriiez, apeleriez | apeleroient, apelereient | |
| 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 | apel | apeaus | apeaut | apelons | apelez | apelent |
| imperfect | apelasse | apelasses | apelast | apelissons, apelissiens | apelissoiz, apelissez, apelissiez | apelassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | apele | — | apelons | apelez | — | ||