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envahir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' envahis tu envahis il/elle envahit nous envahissons vous envahissez ils/elles envahissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai envahi tu as envahi il/elle a envahi nous avons envahi vous avez envahi ils/elles ont envahi Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' envahissais tu envahissais il/elle envahissait nous envahissions vous envahissiez ils/elles envahissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais envahi tu avais envahi il/elle avait envahi nous avions envahi vous aviez envahi ils/elles avaient envahi Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' envahirai tu envahiras il/elle envahira nous envahirons vous envahirez ils/elles envahiront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai envahi tu auras envahi il/elle aura envahi nous aurons envahi vous aurez envahi ils/elles auront envahi Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' envahirais tu envahirais il/elle envahirait nous envahirions vous envahiriez ils/elles envahiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais envahi tu aurais envahi il/elle aurait envahi nous aurions envahi vous auriez envahi ils/elles auraient envahi Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' envahisse tu envahisses il/elle envahisse nous envahissions vous envahissiez ils/elles envahissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie envahi tu aies envahi il/elle ait envahi nous ayons envahi vous ayez envahi ils/elles aient envahi Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' envahis tu envahis il/elle envahit nous envahîmes vous envahîtes ils/elles envahirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus envahi tu eus envahi il/elle eut envahi nous eûmes envahi vous eûtes envahi ils/elles eurent envahi 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).