regreter

Old French

Verb

regreter

  1. to regret
    • 12th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:
      Sovent regrete le roi Marc
      Son oncle, qui a fait tel tort
      King Mark often regretted
      That his uncle had done such a bad thing
  2. to bewail; to lament
    • 12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:
      Son fil regrete, ne se pot conforter
      She lamented the loss of her son, she couldn't comfort herself

Conjugation

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

    Conjugation of regreter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive regreter avoir regreté
gerund en regretant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle regretant
past participle regreté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present regret regretes regrete regretons regretez regretent
imperfect regretoie, regreteie, regretoe, regreteve regretoies, regreteies, regretoes, regreteves regretoit, regreteit, regretot, regreteve regretiiens, regretiens regretiiez, regretiez regretoient, regreteient, regretoent, regretevent
preterite regretai regretas regreta regretames regretastes regreterent
future regreterai regreteras regretera regreterons regreteroiz, regretereiz, regreterez regreteront
conditional regreteroie, regretereie regreteroies, regretereies regreteroit, regretereit regreteriiens, regreteriens regreteriiez, regreteriez regreteroient, regretereient
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 regret regrez regret regretons regretez regretent
imperfect regretasse regretasses regretast regretissons, regretissiens regretissoiz, regretissez, regretissiez regretassent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— regrete — regretons regretez —

Descendants
  • English: to regret
  • French: regretter
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