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divertir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je divertis tu divertis il/elle divertit nous divertissons vous divertissez ils/elles divertissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai diverti tu as diverti il/elle a diverti nous avons diverti vous avez diverti ils/elles ont diverti Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je divertissais tu divertissais il/elle divertissait nous divertissions vous divertissiez ils/elles divertissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais diverti tu avais diverti il/elle avait diverti nous avions diverti vous aviez diverti ils/elles avaient diverti Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je divertirai tu divertiras il/elle divertira nous divertirons vous divertirez ils/elles divertiront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai diverti tu auras diverti il/elle aura diverti nous aurons diverti vous aurez diverti ils/elles auront diverti Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je divertirais tu divertirais il/elle divertirait nous divertirions vous divertiriez ils/elles divertiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais diverti tu aurais diverti il/elle aurait diverti nous aurions diverti vous auriez diverti ils/elles auraient diverti Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je divertisse tu divertisses il/elle divertisse nous divertissions vous divertissiez ils/elles divertissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie diverti tu aies diverti il/elle ait diverti nous ayons diverti vous ayez diverti ils/elles aient diverti Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je divertis tu divertis il/elle divertit nous divertîmes vous divertîtes ils/elles divertirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus diverti tu eus diverti il/elle eut diverti nous eûmes diverti vous eûtes diverti ils/elles eurent diverti 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).