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compatir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je compatis tu compatis il/elle compatit nous compatissons vous compatissez ils/elles compatissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai compati tu as compati il/elle a compati nous avons compati vous avez compati ils/elles ont compati Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je compatissais tu compatissais il/elle compatissait nous compatissions vous compatissiez ils/elles compatissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais compati tu avais compati il/elle avait compati nous avions compati vous aviez compati ils/elles avaient compati Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je compatirai tu compatiras il/elle compatira nous compatirons vous compatirez ils/elles compatiront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai compati tu auras compati il/elle aura compati nous aurons compati vous aurez compati ils/elles auront compati Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je compatirais tu compatirais il/elle compatirait nous compatirions vous compatiriez ils/elles compatiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais compati tu aurais compati il/elle aurait compati nous aurions compati vous auriez compati ils/elles auraient compati Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je compatisse tu compatisses il/elle compatisse nous compatissions vous compatissiez ils/elles compatissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie compati tu aies compati il/elle ait compati nous ayons compati vous ayez compati ils/elles aient compati Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je compatis tu compatis il/elle compatit nous compatîmes vous compatîtes ils/elles compatirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus compati tu eus compati il/elle eut compati nous eûmes compati vous eûtes compati ils/elles eurent compati 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).