creire
Norman
Alternative forms
- craithe (Jersey)
Etymology
From Old French creire, croire, from Latin crēdere (“to believe”).
Verb
creire
- (Guernsey, continental) to think, believe
Conjugation
Conjugation of the verb creire in Norman
| infinitive | creire | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | creyant | ||||||
| auxiliary | aveir1 | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | creu | creue | |||||
| plural | creus | creues | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | jeo (j') | tu (t') | il, elle, on |
nos | vos | il, elles | |
| present | creis | creis | creit | creyoms | creyez | creient | |
| imperfect | creyeis | creyeis | creyeit | creyioms | creyiez | creyeient | |
| preterite | creus | creus | creut | creûmes | creûtes | creûtrent | |
| future | creirai | creiras | creira | creiroms | creirez | creiront | |
| conditional | creireis | creireis | creireit | creirioms | creiriez | creireient | |
| subjunctive | que jeo (j') | que tu (t') | qu'il, qu'elle, qu'on |
que nos | que vos | qu'il, qu'elles | |
| present | creie | creies | creie | creyioms | creyiez | creient | |
| imperfect | creusse | creusses | creût creusse |
creussioms | creussiez | creussent | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | nos | vos | — | |
| creis | creyoms | creyez | |||||
| 1Used with past participles. 2Archaic or literary forms. | |||||||
Occitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Occitan creire, from Latin crēdere.
Pronunciation
Audio (Languedoc): (file)
Verb
creire
- to believe
Conjugation
Lengadocian (Central Occitan)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | creire | aver cregut | |||||
| gerund | cresent | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | cregut | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | cresi | creses | crei | cresèm | cresètz | creson | |
| imperfect | cresiái | cresiás | cresiá | cresiam | cresiatz | cresián | |
| preterite | creirai | creiràs | creirà | creirem | creiretz | creiràn | |
| future | creguèri | creguères | creguèt | creguèrem | creguèretz | creguèron | |
| conditional | creiriái | creiriás | creiriá | creiriam | creiriatz | creirián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | |||||||
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | crega | cregas | crega | cregam | cregatz | cregan | |
| imperfect | creguèsse | creguèsses | creguèsse | creguèssem | creguèssetz | creguèsson | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| crei | cregam | cresètz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Old French
Verb
creire
- alternative form of croire
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Old Occitan
Etymology
Verb
creire
- to believe
Descendants
- Occitan: creire
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “crēdere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 1298