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chever
chever
Old French
Verb
chever
- (intransitive) to finish; to come to an end
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of chever (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | chever | avoir chevé | |||||
| gerund | en chevant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | chevant | ||||||
| past participle | chevé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | chef | cheves | cheve | chevons | chevez | chevent |
| imperfect | chevoie, cheveie, chevoe, cheveve | chevoies, cheveies, chevoes, cheveves | chevoit, cheveit, chevot, cheveve | cheviiens, cheviens | cheviiez, cheviez | chevoient, cheveient, chevoent, chevevent | |
| preterite | chevai | chevas | cheva | chevames | chevastes | cheverent | |
| future | cheverai | cheveras | chevera | cheverons | cheveroiz, chevereiz, cheverez | cheveront | |
| conditional | cheveroie, chevereie | cheveroies, chevereies | cheveroit, chevereit | cheveriiens, cheveriens | cheveriiez, cheveriez | cheveroient, chevereient | |
| 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 | chef | ches | chet | chevons | chevez | chevent |
| imperfect | chevasse | chevasses | chevast | chevissons, chevissiens | chevissoiz, chevissez, chevissiez | chevassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | cheve | — | chevons | chevez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: chever
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (chever)