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apercevoir
apercevoir
French
Verb
apercevoir
- to see, to glimpse, to catch sight of
Synonyms
Conjugation
Conjugation of apercevoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | apercevoir | avoir aperçu | |||||
| gerund | en apercevant | en ayant aperçu | |||||
| present participle | apercevant /a.pɛʁ.sə.vɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | aperçu /a.pɛʁ.sy/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | aperçois /a.pɛʁ.swa/ |
aperçois /a.pɛʁ.swa/ |
aperçoit /a.pɛʁ.swa/ |
apercevons /a.pɛʁ.sə.vɔ̃/ |
apercevez /a.pɛʁ.sə.ve/ |
aperçoivent /a.pɛʁ.swav/ |
| imperfect | apercevais /a.pɛʁ.sə.vɛ/ |
apercevais /a.pɛʁ.sə.vɛ/ |
apercevait /a.pɛʁ.sə.vɛ/ |
apercevions /a.pɛʁ.sə.vjɔ̃/ |
aperceviez /a.pɛʁ.sə.vje/ |
apercevaient /a.pɛʁ.sə.vɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | aperçus /a.pɛʁ.sy/ |
aperçus /a.pɛʁ.sy/ |
aperçut /a.pɛʁ.sy/ |
aperçûmes /a.pɛʁ.sym/ |
aperçûtes /a.pɛʁ.syt/ |
aperçurent /a.pɛʁ.syʁ/ |
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| future | apercevrai /a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁe/ |
apercevras /a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁa/ |
apercevra /a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁa/ |
apercevrons /a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁɔ̃/ |
apercevrez /a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁe/ |
apercevront /a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | apercevrais /a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁɛ/ |
apercevrais /a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁɛ/ |
apercevrait /a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁɛ/ |
apercevrions /a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
apercevriez /a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁi.je/ |
apercevraient /a.pɛʁ.sə.vʁɛ/ |
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| 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 anterior1 | Use the past historic 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | aperçoive /a.pɛʁ.swav/ |
aperçoives /a.pɛʁ.swav/ |
aperçoive /a.pɛʁ.swav/ |
apercevions /a.pɛʁ.sə.vjɔ̃/ |
aperceviez /a.pɛʁ.sə.vje/ |
aperçoivent /a.pɛʁ.swav/ |
| imperfect1 |
aperçusse /a.pɛʁ.sys/ |
aperçusses /a.pɛʁ.sys/ |
aperçût /a.pɛʁ.sy/ |
aperçussions /a.pɛʁ.sy.sjɔ̃/ |
aperçussiez /a.pɛʁ.sy.sje/ |
aperçussent /a.pɛʁ.sys/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | aperçois /a.pɛʁ.swa/ |
— | apercevons /a.pɛʁ.sə.vɔ̃/ |
apercevez /a.pɛʁ.sə.ve/ |
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Related terms
Old French
Alternative forms
- aperceivre
- aperçoivre
Etymology
From percevoir.
Verb
apercevoir
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem aperçoiv distinct from the unstressed stem apercev, 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 apercevoir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | apercevoir | avoir aperceü | |||||
| gerund | en apercevant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | apercevant | ||||||
| past participle | aperceü | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | aperçoif, aperçoi | aperçois | aperçoit | apercevons | apercevez | aperçoivent |
| imperfect | apercevoie, aperceveie | apercevoies, aperceveies | apercevoit, aperceveit | aperceviiens, aperceviens | aperceviiez, aperceviez | apercevoient, aperceveient | |
| preterite | aperçui | aperceüs | aperçut | aperceümes | aperceüstes | aperçurent | |
| future | apercevrai | apercevras | apercevra | apercevrons | apercevroiz, apercevreiz, apercevrez | apercevront | |
| conditional | apercevroie, apercevreie | apercevroies, apercevreies | apercevroit, apercevreit | apercevriiens, apercevriens | apercevriiez, apercevriez | apercevroient, apercevreient | |
| 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 | aperçoive | aperçoives | aperçoive | apercevons | apercevez | aperçoivent |
| imperfect | aperceüsse | aperceüsses | aperceüst | aperceüssons, aperceüssiens | aperceüssoiz, aperceüssez, aperceüssiez | aperceüssent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | aperçoif | — | apercevons | apercevez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: apercevoir