First-group verb

Conjugation in Provençal

Conjugation of the verb cerca

cerca

Source: Conseil de l'Écrit Mistralien

Every form of the conjugation of the Provençal verb cerca comes from the official conjugator of the Conseil de l'Écrit Mistralien. No form has been extrapolated.

The forms below are in Rhodanian Provençal. In Maritime Provençal, the first person singular takes -i: for example cante becomes canti in the present, and cantave becomes cantavi in the imperfect.

Indicative

Present

1st pers. sing.cerque
2nd pers. sing.cerques
3rd pers. sing.cerco
1st pers. plur.cercan
2nd pers. plur.cercas
3rd pers. plur.cercon

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.cercave
2nd pers. sing.cercaves
3rd pers. sing.cercavo
1st pers. plur.cercavian
2nd pers. plur.cercavias
3rd pers. plur.cercavon

Preterite

1st pers. sing.cerquère
2nd pers. sing.cerquères
3rd pers. sing.cerquè
1st pers. plur.cerquerian
2nd pers. plur.cerquerias
3rd pers. plur.cerquèron

Future

1st pers. sing.cercarai
2nd pers. sing.cercaras
3rd pers. sing.cercara
1st pers. plur.cercaren
2nd pers. plur.cercarés
3rd pers. plur.cercaran

Conditional

Present

1st pers. sing.cercariéu
2nd pers. sing.cercariés
3rd pers. sing.cercarié
1st pers. plur.cercarian
2nd pers. plur.cercarias
3rd pers. plur.cercarien

Subjunctive

Present

1st pers. sing.cerque
2nd pers. sing.cerques
3rd pers. sing.cerque
1st pers. plur.cerquen
2nd pers. plur.cerqués
3rd pers. plur.cercon

Imperfect

1st pers. sing.cerquèsse
2nd pers. sing.cerquèsses
3rd pers. sing.cerquèsse
1st pers. plur.cerquessian
2nd pers. plur.cerquessias
3rd pers. plur.cerquèsson

Imperative

Present

2nd pers. sing.cerco
1st pers. plur.cerquen
2nd pers. plur.cercas

Non-finite forms

Present participle

cercant

Past participle

Masculinecerca
Femininecercado

Infinitive

cerca

Note: in Provençal, the past participle never takes -i in the plural; it agrees only in gender (masculine / feminine).