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comander
comander
Old French
Alternative forms
- conmander
- cumander (Anglo-Norman)
Verb
comander
- to command, to implore
- to request, to ask for
- to ask (a question)
- to recommend
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
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Puis lor dist: "A Deu vos comant!"
- Then she said "to God I recommend you"
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Puis lor dist: "A Deu vos comant!"
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of comander (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | comander | avoir comandé | |||||
| gerund | en comandant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | comandant | ||||||
| past participle | comandé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | comant | comandes | comande | comandons | comandez | comandent |
| imperfect | comandoie, comandeie, comandoe, comandeve | comandoies, comandeies, comandoes, comandeves | comandoit, comandeit, comandot, comandeve | comandiiens, comandiens | comandiiez, comandiez | comandoient, comandeient, comandoent, comandevent | |
| preterite | comandai | comandas | comanda | comandames | comandastes | comanderent | |
| future | comanderai | comanderas | comandera | comanderons | comanderoiz, comandereiz, comanderez | comanderont | |
| conditional | comanderoie, comandereie | comanderoies, comandereies | comanderoit, comandereit | comanderiiens, comanderiens | comanderiiez, comanderiez | comanderoient, comandereient | |
| 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 | comant | comanz | comant | comandons | comandez | comandent |
| imperfect | comandasse | comandasses | comandast | comandissons, comandissiens | comandissoiz, comandissez, comandissiez | comandassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | comande | — | comandons | comandez | — | ||