enquester

Old French

Verb

enquester

1. to investigate
2. to ask; to demand

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of enquester (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		enquester			avoir enquesté
gerund		en enquestant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		enquestant
past participle		enquesté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	enquest	enquestes	enqueste	enquestons	enquestez	enquestent
	imperfect	enquestoie, enquesteie, enquestoe, enquesteve	enquestoies, enquesteies, enquestoes, enquesteves	enquestoit, enquesteit, enquestot, enquesteve	enquestiiens, enquestiens	enquestiiez, enquestiez	enquestoient, enquesteient, enquestoent, enquestevent
	preterite	enquestai	enquestas	enquesta	enquestames	enquestastes	enquesterent
	future	enquesterai	enquesteras	enquestera	enquesterons	enquesteroiz, enquestereiz, enquesterez	enquesteront
	conditional	enquesteroie, enquestereie	enquesteroies, enquestereies	enquesteroit, enquestereit	enquesteriiens, enquesteriens	enquesteriiez, enquesteriez	enquesteroient, enquestereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	enquest	enquez	enquest	enquestons	enquestez	enquestent
	imperfect	enquestasse	enquestasses	enquestast	enquestissons, enquestissiens	enquestissoiz, enquestissez, enquestissiez	enquestassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	enqueste	—	enquestons	enquestez	—

Descendants

• French: enquêter

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (enquester, supplement)