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mangier
mangier
Norman
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French mangier, from Late Latin manducare, present active infinitive of manducō (“I chew, masticate, gnaw; I eat, devour”).
Verb
mangier
Derived terms
- mang'rie (“food”)
Old French
Verb
mangier
- Alternative form of mengier
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. This verb has a stressed present stem manju distinct from the unstressed stem mang. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of mangier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | mangier | avoir mangié | |||||
| gerund | en manjant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | manjant | ||||||
| past participle | mangié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | manju | manjües | manjüe | manjons | mangiez | manjüent |
| imperfect | manjoie, mangeie, manjoe, mangieve | manjoies, mangeies, manjoes, mangieves | manjoit, mangeit, manjot, mangieve | mangiiens, mangiens | mangiiez, mangiez | manjoient, mangeient, manjoent, mangievent | |
| preterite | manjai | manjas | manja | manjames | manjastes | mangierent | |
| future | mangerai | mangeras | mangera | mangerons | mangeroiz, mangereiz, mangerez | mangeront | |
| conditional | mangeroie, mangereie | mangeroies, mangereies | mangeroit, mangereit | mangeriiens, mangeriens | mangeriiez, mangeriez | mangeroient, mangereient | |
| 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 | manju | manjus | manjut | manjons | mangiez | manjüent |
| imperfect | manjasse | manjasses | manjast | mangissons, mangissiens | mangissoiz, mangissez, mangissiez | manjassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | manjüe | — | manjons | mangiez | — | ||