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saisir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je saisis tu saisis il/elle saisit nous saisissons vous saisissez ils/elles saisissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai saisi tu as saisi il/elle a saisi nous avons saisi vous avez saisi ils/elles ont saisi Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je saisissais tu saisissais il/elle saisissait nous saisissions vous saisissiez ils/elles saisissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais saisi tu avais saisi il/elle avait saisi nous avions saisi vous aviez saisi ils/elles avaient saisi Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je saisirai tu saisiras il/elle saisira nous saisirons vous saisirez ils/elles saisiront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai saisi tu auras saisi il/elle aura saisi nous aurons saisi vous aurez saisi ils/elles auront saisi Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je saisirais tu saisirais il/elle saisirait nous saisirions vous saisiriez ils/elles saisiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais saisi tu aurais saisi il/elle aurait saisi nous aurions saisi vous auriez saisi ils/elles auraient saisi Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je saisisse tu saisisses il/elle saisisse nous saisissions vous saisissiez ils/elles saisissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie saisi tu aies saisi il/elle ait saisi nous ayons saisi vous ayez saisi ils/elles aient saisi Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je saisis tu saisis il/elle saisit nous saisîmes vous saisîtes ils/elles saisirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus saisi tu eus saisi il/elle eut saisi nous eûmes saisi vous eûtes saisi ils/elles eurent saisi 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).