cercher

Middle French

Verb

cercher

  1. alternative form of chercher

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of cercher
infinitive simple cercher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple cerchant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle cerché
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present cerche cerches cerche cerchons cerchez cerchent
imperfect cerchois, cerchoys cerchois, cerchoys cerchoit, cerchoyt cerchions, cerchyons cerchiez, cerchyez cerchoient, cerchoyent
past historic cercha cerchas cercha cerchasmes cerchastes cercherent
future cercherai, cercheray cercheras cerchera cercherons cercherez cercheront
conditional cercherois, cercheroys cercherois, cercheroys cercheroit, cercheroyt cercherions, cercheryons cercheriez, cercheryez cercheroient, cercheroyent
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present cerche cerches cerche cerchons cerchez cerchent
imperfect cerchasse cerchasses cerchast cerchassions cerchassiez cerchassent
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cerche — cerchons cerchez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).
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