réagir: Conjugation

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

PresentPerfect

jeréagis
turéagis
il/elleréagit
nousréagissons
vousréagissez
ils/ellesréagissent
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j'ai réagi
tuas réagi
il/ellea réagi
nousavons réagi
vousavez réagi
ils/ellesont réagi
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ImperfectPluperfect

jeréagissais
turéagissais
il/elleréagissait
nousréagissions
vousréagissiez
ils/ellesréagissaient
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j'avais réagi
tuavais réagi
il/elleavait réagi
nousavions réagi
vousaviez réagi
ils/ellesavaient réagi
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FutureFuture-perfect

jeréagirai
turéagiras
il/elleréagira
nousréagirons
vousréagirez
ils/ellesréagiront
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j'aurai réagi
tuauras réagi
il/elleaura réagi
nousaurons réagi
vousaurez réagi
ils/ellesauront réagi
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ConditionalConditional perfect

jeréagirais
turéagirais
il/elleréagirait
nousréagirions
vousréagiriez
ils/ellesréagiraient
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j'aurais réagi
tuaurais réagi
il/elleaurait réagi
nousaurions réagi
vousauriez réagi
ils/ellesauraient réagi
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Present subjunctivePerfect subjunctive

jeréagisse
turéagisses
il/elleréagisse
nousréagissions
vousréagissiez
ils/ellesréagissent
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j'aie réagi
tuaies réagi
il/elleait réagi
nousayons réagi
vousayez réagi
ils/ellesaient réagi
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Past historicPast anterior

jeréagis
turéagis
il/elleréagit
nousréagîmes
vousréagîtes
ils/ellesréagirent
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j'eus réagi
tueus réagi
il/elleeut réagi
nouseûmes réagi
vouseûtes réagi
ils/elleseurent réagi
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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: