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surveillier
surveillier
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
surveillier
- to keep watch over
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. The forms that would normally end in *-eill, *-eills, *-eillt are modified to eil, euz, eut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of surveillier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | surveillier | avoir surveillié | |||||
| gerund | en surveillant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | surveillant | ||||||
| past participle | surveillié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | surveil | surveilles | surveille | surveillons | surveilliez | surveillent |
| imperfect | surveilloie, surveilleie, surveilloe, surveillieve | surveilloies, surveilleies, surveilloes, surveillieves | surveilloit, surveilleit, surveillot, surveillieve | surveilliiens, surveilliens | surveilliiez, surveilliez | surveilloient, surveilleient, surveilloent, surveillievent | |
| preterite | surveillai | surveillas | surveilla | surveillames | surveillastes | surveillierent | |
| future | surveillerai | surveilleras | surveillera | surveillerons | surveilleroiz, surveillereiz, surveillerez | surveilleront | |
| conditional | surveilleroie, surveillereie | surveilleroies, surveillereies | surveilleroit, surveillereit | surveilleriiens, surveilleriens | surveilleriiez, surveilleriez | surveilleroient, surveillereient | |
| 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 | surveil | surveuz | surveut | surveillons | surveilliez | surveillent |
| imperfect | surveillasse | surveillasses | surveillast | surveillissons, surveillissiens | surveillissoiz, surveillissez, surveillissiez | surveillassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | surveille | — | surveillons | surveilliez | — | ||