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choisir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je choisis tu choisis il/elle choisit nous choisissons vous choisissez ils/elles choisissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai choisi tu as choisi il/elle a choisi nous avons choisi vous avez choisi ils/elles ont choisi Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je choisissais tu choisissais il/elle choisissait nous choisissions vous choisissiez ils/elles choisissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais choisi tu avais choisi il/elle avait choisi nous avions choisi vous aviez choisi ils/elles avaient choisi Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je choisirai tu choisiras il/elle choisira nous choisirons vous choisirez ils/elles choisiront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai choisi tu auras choisi il/elle aura choisi nous aurons choisi vous aurez choisi ils/elles auront choisi Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je choisirais tu choisirais il/elle choisirait nous choisirions vous choisiriez ils/elles choisiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais choisi tu aurais choisi il/elle aurait choisi nous aurions choisi vous auriez choisi ils/elles auraient choisi Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je choisisse tu choisisses il/elle choisisse nous choisissions vous choisissiez ils/elles choisissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie choisi tu aies choisi il/elle ait choisi nous ayons choisi vous ayez choisi ils/elles aient choisi Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je choisis tu choisis il/elle choisit nous choisîmes vous choisîtes ils/elles choisirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus choisi tu eus choisi il/elle eut choisi nous eûmes choisi vous eûtes choisi ils/elles eurent choisi 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).