chever

Middle English

Adjective

chever

comparative degree of chef

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *capāre, from Latin caput.

Verb

chever

(intransitive) to finish; to come to an end

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		chever			avoir chevé
gerund		en chevant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		chevant
past participle		chevé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	chef	cheves	cheve	chevons	chevez	chevent
	imperfect	chevoie, cheveie, chevoe, cheveve	chevoies, cheveies, chevoes, cheveves	chevoit, cheveit, chevot, cheveve	cheviiens, cheviens	cheviiez, cheviez	chevoient, cheveient, chevoent, chevevent
	preterite	chevai	chevas	cheva	chevames	chevastes	cheverent
	future	cheverai	cheveras	chevera	cheverons	cheveroiz, chevereiz, cheverez	cheveront
	conditional	cheveroie, chevereie	cheveroies, chevereies	cheveroit, chevereit	cheveriiens, cheveriens	cheveriiez, cheveriez	cheveroient, chevereient
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	chef	ches	chet	chevons	chevez	chevent
simple tenses	imperfect	chevasse	chevasses	chevast	chevissons, chevissiens	chevissoiz, chevissez, chevissiez	chevassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	cheve	—	chevons	chevez	—

Descendants

French: chever

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (chever)

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