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covenir
covenir
Old French
Verb
covenir
- to suit; to be appropriate
- circa 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar
- Sovent baisent et acolent
Bien lur covienge!- The often kissed and held each other
How well it suited them!
- The often kissed and held each other
- Sovent baisent et acolent
- circa 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem covien distinct from the unstressed stem coven, 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 covenir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | covenir | avoir covenu | |||||
| gerund | en covenant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | covenant | ||||||
| past participle | covenu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | covieng, covien | coviens | covient | covenons | covenez | covienent |
| imperfect | covenoie, coveneie | covenoies, coveneies | covenoit, coveneit | coveniiens, coveniens | coveniiez, coveniez | covenoient, coveneient | |
| preterite | covin | covenis | covint | covenimes | covenistes | covindrent, covinrent | |
| future | covendrai | covendras | covendra | covendrons | covendroiz, covendreiz, covendrez | covendront | |
| conditional | covendroie, covendreie | covendroies, covendreies | covendroit, covendreit | covendriiens, covendriens | covendriiez, covendriez | covendroient, covendreient | |
| 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 | coviegne | coviegnes | coviegne | coviegniens, coviegnons | coviegniez | coviegnent |
| imperfect | covenisse | covenisses | covenist | covenissons, covenissiens | covenissoiz, covenissez, covenissiez | covenissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | covien | — | covenons | covenez | — | ||
Related terms
Descendants
- French: convenir