bâtir: Conjugation

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

PresentPerfect

jebâtis
tubâtis
il/ellebâtit
nousbâtissons
vousbâtissez
ils/ellesbâtissent
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j'ai bâti
tuas bâti
il/ellea bâti
nousavons bâti
vousavez bâti
ils/ellesont bâti
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ImperfectPluperfect

jebâtissais
tubâtissais
il/ellebâtissait
nousbâtissions
vousbâtissiez
ils/ellesbâtissaient
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j'avais bâti
tuavais bâti
il/elleavait bâti
nousavions bâti
vousaviez bâti
ils/ellesavaient bâti
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FutureFuture-perfect

jebâtirai
tubâtiras
il/ellebâtira
nousbâtirons
vousbâtirez
ils/ellesbâtiront
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j'aurai bâti
tuauras bâti
il/elleaura bâti
nousaurons bâti
vousaurez bâti
ils/ellesauront bâti
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ConditionalConditional perfect

jebâtirais
tubâtirais
il/ellebâtirait
nousbâtirions
vousbâtiriez
ils/ellesbâtiraient
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j'aurais bâti
tuaurais bâti
il/elleaurait bâti
nousaurions bâti
vousauriez bâti
ils/ellesauraient bâti
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Present subjunctivePerfect subjunctive

jebâtisse
tubâtisses
il/ellebâtisse
nousbâtissions
vousbâtissiez
ils/ellesbâtissent
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j'aie bâti
tuaies bâti
il/elleait bâti
nousayons bâti
vousayez bâti
ils/ellesaient bâti
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Past historicPast anterior

jebâtis
tubâtis
il/ellebâtit
nousbâtîmes
vousbâtîtes
ils/ellesbâtirent
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j'eus bâti
tueus bâti
il/elleeut bâti
nouseûmes bâti
vouseûtes bâti
ils/elleseurent bâti
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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: