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pâtir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je pâtis tu pâtis il/elle pâtit nous pâtissons vous pâtissez ils/elles pâtissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai pâti tu as pâti il/elle a pâti nous avons pâti vous avez pâti ils/elles ont pâti Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je pâtissais tu pâtissais il/elle pâtissait nous pâtissions vous pâtissiez ils/elles pâtissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais pâti tu avais pâti il/elle avait pâti nous avions pâti vous aviez pâti ils/elles avaient pâti Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je pâtirai tu pâtiras il/elle pâtira nous pâtirons vous pâtirez ils/elles pâtiront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai pâti tu auras pâti il/elle aura pâti nous aurons pâti vous aurez pâti ils/elles auront pâti Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je pâtirais tu pâtirais il/elle pâtirait nous pâtirions vous pâtiriez ils/elles pâtiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais pâti tu aurais pâti il/elle aurait pâti nous aurions pâti vous auriez pâti ils/elles auraient pâti Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je pâtisse tu pâtisses il/elle pâtisse nous pâtissions vous pâtissiez ils/elles pâtissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie pâti tu aies pâti il/elle ait pâti nous ayons pâti vous ayez pâti ils/elles aient pâti Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je pâtis tu pâtis il/elle pâtit nous pâtîmes vous pâtîtes ils/elles pâtirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus pâti tu eus pâti il/elle eut pâti nous eûmes pâti vous eûtes pâti ils/elles eurent pâti 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).