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jaunir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je jaunis tu jaunis il/elle jaunit nous jaunissons vous jaunissez ils/elles jaunissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai jauni tu as jauni il/elle a jauni nous avons jauni vous avez jauni ils/elles ont jauni Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je jaunissais tu jaunissais il/elle jaunissait nous jaunissions vous jaunissiez ils/elles jaunissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais jauni tu avais jauni il/elle avait jauni nous avions jauni vous aviez jauni ils/elles avaient jauni Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je jaunirai tu jauniras il/elle jaunira nous jaunirons vous jaunirez ils/elles jauniront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai jauni tu auras jauni il/elle aura jauni nous aurons jauni vous aurez jauni ils/elles auront jauni Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je jaunirais tu jaunirais il/elle jaunirait nous jaunirions vous jauniriez ils/elles jauniraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais jauni tu aurais jauni il/elle aurait jauni nous aurions jauni vous auriez jauni ils/elles auraient jauni Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je jaunisse tu jaunisses il/elle jaunisse nous jaunissions vous jaunissiez ils/elles jaunissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie jauni tu aies jauni il/elle ait jauni nous ayons jauni vous ayez jauni ils/elles aient jauni Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je jaunis tu jaunis il/elle jaunit nous jaunîmes vous jaunîtes ils/elles jaunirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus jauni tu eus jauni il/elle eut jauni nous eûmes jauni vous eûtes jauni ils/elles eurent jauni 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).