couvriez

Couvriez is a conjugated form of the French verb couvrir, meaning to cover. It is the second-person plural form and occurs in two different grammatical contexts: the imperfect indicative and the present subjunctive. In the imperfect indicative, vous couvriez expresses a past action that you were performing or used to perform. In the present subjunctive, the same spelling appears in subordinate clauses after expressions that require the subjunctive, signaling doubt, necessity, desire, or possibility. Because the spelling can be identical across these moods, context and punctuation are used to determine the intended meaning.

The verb couvrir belongs to the second conjugation group and shares its stem with related forms such as couvre, couvrez, and couvrant. The imperfect and present subjunctive forms for the 2nd person plural are among the forms that can create ambiguity in isolation, but are typically clear within a full sentence.

Etymology traces couvr in the modern French verb to Old French covrir, covrir, which in turn derives from Latin cooperire or a related form meaning to cover over. The prefix co- or com- and the root operire reflect a sense of covering or enclosing.

In usage, couvriez (the written form) appears more commonly in formal or literary contexts when describing past actions, while the subjunctive reading is encountered in subordinate clauses following certain verbs and expressions. The form exemplifies how French verb morphology can preserve identical spellings across different moods or tenses, requiring syntactic cues to resolve meaning.