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grandir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je grandis tu grandis il/elle grandit nous grandissons vous grandissez ils/elles grandissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai grandi tu as grandi il/elle a grandi nous avons grandi vous avez grandi ils/elles ont grandi Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je grandissais tu grandissais il/elle grandissait nous grandissions vous grandissiez ils/elles grandissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais grandi tu avais grandi il/elle avait grandi nous avions grandi vous aviez grandi ils/elles avaient grandi Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je grandirai tu grandiras il/elle grandira nous grandirons vous grandirez ils/elles grandiront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai grandi tu auras grandi il/elle aura grandi nous aurons grandi vous aurez grandi ils/elles auront grandi Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je grandirais tu grandirais il/elle grandirait nous grandirions vous grandiriez ils/elles grandiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais grandi tu aurais grandi il/elle aurait grandi nous aurions grandi vous auriez grandi ils/elles auraient grandi Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je grandisse tu grandisses il/elle grandisse nous grandissions vous grandissiez ils/elles grandissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie grandi tu aies grandi il/elle ait grandi nous ayons grandi vous ayez grandi ils/elles aient grandi Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je grandis tu grandis il/elle grandit nous grandîmes vous grandîtes ils/elles grandirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus grandi tu eus grandi il/elle eut grandi nous eûmes grandi vous eûtes grandi ils/elles eurent grandi 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).