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finir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je finis tu finis il/elle finit nous finissons vous finissez ils/elles finissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai fini tu as fini il/elle a fini nous avons fini vous avez fini ils/elles ont fini Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je finissais tu finissais il/elle finissait nous finissions vous finissiez ils/elles finissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais fini tu avais fini il/elle avait fini nous avions fini vous aviez fini ils/elles avaient fini Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je finirai tu finiras il/elle finira nous finirons vous finirez ils/elles finiront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai fini tu auras fini il/elle aura fini nous aurons fini vous aurez fini ils/elles auront fini Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je finirais tu finirais il/elle finirait nous finirions vous finiriez ils/elles finiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais fini tu aurais fini il/elle aurait fini nous aurions fini vous auriez fini ils/elles auraient fini Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je finisse tu finisses il/elle finisse nous finissions vous finissiez ils/elles finissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie fini tu aies fini il/elle ait fini nous ayons fini vous ayez fini ils/elles aient fini Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je finis tu finis il/elle finit nous finîmes vous finîtes ils/elles finirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus fini tu eus fini il/elle eut fini nous eûmes fini vous eûtes fini ils/elles eurent fini 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).