pourrir: Conjugation

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

PresentPerfect

jepourris
tupourris
il/ellepourrit
nouspourrissons
vouspourrissez
ils/ellespourrissent
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j'ai pourri
tuas pourri
il/ellea pourri
nousavons pourri
vousavez pourri
ils/ellesont pourri
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ImperfectPluperfect

jepourrissais
tupourrissais
il/ellepourrissait
nouspourrissions
vouspourrissiez
ils/ellespourrissaient
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j'avais pourri
tuavais pourri
il/elleavait pourri
nousavions pourri
vousaviez pourri
ils/ellesavaient pourri
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FutureFuture-perfect

jepourrirai
tupourriras
il/ellepourrira
nouspourrirons
vouspourrirez
ils/ellespourriront
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j'aurai pourri
tuauras pourri
il/elleaura pourri
nousaurons pourri
vousaurez pourri
ils/ellesauront pourri
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ConditionalConditional perfect

jepourrirais
tupourrirais
il/ellepourrirait
nouspourririons
vouspourririez
ils/ellespourriraient
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j'aurais pourri
tuaurais pourri
il/elleaurait pourri
nousaurions pourri
vousauriez pourri
ils/ellesauraient pourri
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Present subjunctivePerfect subjunctive

jepourrisse
tupourrisses
il/ellepourrisse
nouspourrissions
vouspourrissiez
ils/ellespourrissent
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j'aie pourri
tuaies pourri
il/elleait pourri
nousayons pourri
vousayez pourri
ils/ellesaient pourri
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Past historicPast anterior

jepourris
tupourris
il/ellepourrit
nouspourrîmes
vouspourrîtes
ils/ellespourrirent
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j'eus pourri
tueus pourri
il/elleeut pourri
nouseûmes pourri
vouseûtes pourri
ils/elleseurent pourri
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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: