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bondir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je bondis tu bondis il/elle bondit nous bondissons vous bondissez ils/elles bondissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai bondi tu as bondi il/elle a bondi nous avons bondi vous avez bondi ils/elles ont bondi Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je bondissais tu bondissais il/elle bondissait nous bondissions vous bondissiez ils/elles bondissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais bondi tu avais bondi il/elle avait bondi nous avions bondi vous aviez bondi ils/elles avaient bondi Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je bondirai tu bondiras il/elle bondira nous bondirons vous bondirez ils/elles bondiront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai bondi tu auras bondi il/elle aura bondi nous aurons bondi vous aurez bondi ils/elles auront bondi Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je bondirais tu bondirais il/elle bondirait nous bondirions vous bondiriez ils/elles bondiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais bondi tu aurais bondi il/elle aurait bondi nous aurions bondi vous auriez bondi ils/elles auraient bondi Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je bondisse tu bondisses il/elle bondisse nous bondissions vous bondissiez ils/elles bondissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie bondi tu aies bondi il/elle ait bondi nous ayons bondi vous ayez bondi ils/elles aient bondi Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je bondis tu bondis il/elle bondit nous bondîmes vous bondîtes ils/elles bondirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus bondi tu eus bondi il/elle eut bondi nous eûmes bondi vous eûtes bondi ils/elles eurent bondi 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).