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rougir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je rougis tu rougis il/elle rougit nous rougissons vous rougissez ils/elles rougissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai rougi tu as rougi il/elle a rougi nous avons rougi vous avez rougi ils/elles ont rougi Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je rougissais tu rougissais il/elle rougissait nous rougissions vous rougissiez ils/elles rougissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais rougi tu avais rougi il/elle avait rougi nous avions rougi vous aviez rougi ils/elles avaient rougi Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je rougirai tu rougiras il/elle rougira nous rougirons vous rougirez ils/elles rougiront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai rougi tu auras rougi il/elle aura rougi nous aurons rougi vous aurez rougi ils/elles auront rougi Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je rougirais tu rougirais il/elle rougirait nous rougirions vous rougiriez ils/elles rougiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais rougi tu aurais rougi il/elle aurait rougi nous aurions rougi vous auriez rougi ils/elles auraient rougi Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je rougisse tu rougisses il/elle rougisse nous rougissions vous rougissiez ils/elles rougissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie rougi tu aies rougi il/elle ait rougi nous ayons rougi vous ayez rougi ils/elles aient rougi Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je rougis tu rougis il/elle rougit nous rougîmes vous rougîtes ils/elles rougirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus rougi tu eus rougi il/elle eut rougi nous eûmes rougi vous eûtes rougi ils/elles eurent rougi 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).