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lacier
lacier
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
lacier
- to lace (tie up with laces)
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 *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of lacier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | lacier | avoir lacié | |||||
| gerund | en laçant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | laçant | ||||||
| past participle | lacié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | laz | laces | lace | laçons | laciez | lacent |
| imperfect | laçoie, laceie, laçoe, lacieve | laçoies, laceies, laçoes, lacieves | laçoit, laceit, laçot, lacieve | laciiens, laciens | laciiez, laciez | laçoient, laceient, laçoent, lacievent | |
| preterite | laçai | laças | laça | laçames | laçastes | lacierent | |
| future | lacerai | laceras | lacera | lacerons | laceroiz, lacereiz, lacerez | laceront | |
| conditional | laceroie, lacereie | laceroies, lacereies | laceroit, lacereit | laceriiens, laceriens | laceriiez, laceriez | laceroient, lacereient | |
| 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 | laz | laz | lazt | laçons | laciez | lacent |
| imperfect | laçasse | laçasses | laçast | lacissons, lacissiens | lacissoiz, lacissez, lacissiez | laçassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | lace | — | laçons | laciez | — | ||