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convertir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je convertis tu convertis il/elle convertit nous convertissons vous convertissez ils/elles convertissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai converti tu as converti il/elle a converti nous avons converti vous avez converti ils/elles ont converti Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je convertissais tu convertissais il/elle convertissait nous convertissions vous convertissiez ils/elles convertissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais converti tu avais converti il/elle avait converti nous avions converti vous aviez converti ils/elles avaient converti Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je convertirai tu convertiras il/elle convertira nous convertirons vous convertirez ils/elles convertiront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai converti tu auras converti il/elle aura converti nous aurons converti vous aurez converti ils/elles auront converti Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je convertirais tu convertirais il/elle convertirait nous convertirions vous convertiriez ils/elles convertiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais converti tu aurais converti il/elle aurait converti nous aurions converti vous auriez converti ils/elles auraient converti Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je convertisse tu convertisses il/elle convertisse nous convertissions vous convertissiez ils/elles convertissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie converti tu aies converti il/elle ait converti nous ayons converti vous ayez converti ils/elles aient converti Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je convertis tu convertis il/elle convertit nous convertîmes vous convertîtes ils/elles convertirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus converti tu eus converti il/elle eut converti nous eûmes converti vous eûtes converti ils/elles eurent converti 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).