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abolir: Conjugation

The abolir conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb abolir according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of abolir, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of abolir at the end of this page.

Present	Perfect
j' abolis tu abolis il/elle abolit nous abolissons vous abolissez ils/elles abolissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai aboli tu as aboli il/elle a aboli nous avons aboli vous avez aboli ils/elles ont aboli Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' abolissais tu abolissais il/elle abolissait nous abolissions vous abolissiez ils/elles abolissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais aboli tu avais aboli il/elle avait aboli nous avions aboli vous aviez aboli ils/elles avaient aboli Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' abolirai tu aboliras il/elle abolira nous abolirons vous abolirez ils/elles aboliront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai aboli tu auras aboli il/elle aura aboli nous aurons aboli vous aurez aboli ils/elles auront aboli Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' abolirais tu abolirais il/elle abolirait nous abolirions vous aboliriez ils/elles aboliraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais aboli tu aurais aboli il/elle aurait aboli nous aurions aboli vous auriez aboli ils/elles auraient aboli Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' abolisse tu abolisses il/elle abolisse nous abolissions vous abolissiez ils/elles abolissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie aboli tu aies aboli il/elle ait aboli nous ayons aboli vous ayez aboli ils/elles aient aboli Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' abolis tu abolis il/elle abolit nous abolîmes vous abolîtes ils/elles abolirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus aboli tu eus aboli il/elle eut aboli nous eûmes aboli vous eûtes aboli ils/elles eurent aboli Pronounce these verb forms

This verb falls into the pattern commonly termed regular -ir verb. It is characterised by the consonant -ss- which appears before any ending beginning with a vowel (in the spelling) but not in the infinitive or past participle.

This is the pattern generally followed by verbs based on colours and some other common adjectives (such as (to turn red, blush), jaunir (to turn yellow), grandir (to grow), adoucir (to soften) etc. Many English verbs ending in -ish also have French counterparts ending in -ir and following this pattern (cf finir, polir, vernir (to varnish), abolir, ternir...

Around 300 verbs are reported to follow this pattern (Beescherelle (2006), la conjugaison pour tous). The category is marginally productive:

• On analogy with other verbs of the category, very occasional -ir neologisms are formed (cf amarsir);
• There is a very slight tendancy for irregular -ir verbs to "slip into" the regular -ir pattern. In educated usage, this happens in some senses for saillir and ressortir in some senses, and sometimes for the verb vêtir (Bescherelle, op cit, p. 27). Other non-standard forms occasionally found include vous bouillissez (instead of vous bouillez: see bouillir).