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gémir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je gémis tu gémis il/elle gémit nous gémissons vous gémissez ils/elles gémissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai gémi tu as gémi il/elle a gémi nous avons gémi vous avez gémi ils/elles ont gémi Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je gémissais tu gémissais il/elle gémissait nous gémissions vous gémissiez ils/elles gémissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais gémi tu avais gémi il/elle avait gémi nous avions gémi vous aviez gémi ils/elles avaient gémi Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je gémirai tu gémiras il/elle gémira nous gémirons vous gémirez ils/elles gémiront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai gémi tu auras gémi il/elle aura gémi nous aurons gémi vous aurez gémi ils/elles auront gémi Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je gémirais tu gémirais il/elle gémirait nous gémirions vous gémiriez ils/elles gémiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais gémi tu aurais gémi il/elle aurait gémi nous aurions gémi vous auriez gémi ils/elles auraient gémi Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je gémisse tu gémisses il/elle gémisse nous gémissions vous gémissiez ils/elles gémissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie gémi tu aies gémi il/elle ait gémi nous ayons gémi vous ayez gémi ils/elles aient gémi Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je gémis tu gémis il/elle gémit nous gémîmes vous gémîtes ils/elles gémirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus gémi tu eus gémi il/elle eut gémi nous eûmes gémi vous eûtes gémi ils/elles eurent gémi 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).