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salir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je salis tu salis il/elle salit nous salissons vous salissez ils/elles salissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai sali tu as sali il/elle a sali nous avons sali vous avez sali ils/elles ont sali Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je salissais tu salissais il/elle salissait nous salissions vous salissiez ils/elles salissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais sali tu avais sali il/elle avait sali nous avions sali vous aviez sali ils/elles avaient sali Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je salirai tu saliras il/elle salira nous salirons vous salirez ils/elles saliront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai sali tu auras sali il/elle aura sali nous aurons sali vous aurez sali ils/elles auront sali Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je salirais tu salirais il/elle salirait nous salirions vous saliriez ils/elles saliraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais sali tu aurais sali il/elle aurait sali nous aurions sali vous auriez sali ils/elles auraient sali Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je salisse tu salisses il/elle salisse nous salissions vous salissiez ils/elles salissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie sali tu aies sali il/elle ait sali nous ayons sali vous ayez sali ils/elles aient sali Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je salis tu salis il/elle salit nous salîmes vous salîtes ils/elles salirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus sali tu eus sali il/elle eut sali nous eûmes sali vous eûtes sali ils/elles eurent sali 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).