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unir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' unis tu unis il/elle unit nous unissons vous unissez ils/elles unissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai uni tu as uni il/elle a uni nous avons uni vous avez uni ils/elles ont uni Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' unissais tu unissais il/elle unissait nous unissions vous unissiez ils/elles unissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais uni tu avais uni il/elle avait uni nous avions uni vous aviez uni ils/elles avaient uni Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' unirai tu uniras il/elle unira nous unirons vous unirez ils/elles uniront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai uni tu auras uni il/elle aura uni nous aurons uni vous aurez uni ils/elles auront uni Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' unirais tu unirais il/elle unirait nous unirions vous uniriez ils/elles uniraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais uni tu aurais uni il/elle aurait uni nous aurions uni vous auriez uni ils/elles auraient uni Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' unisse tu unisses il/elle unisse nous unissions vous unissiez ils/elles unissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie uni tu aies uni il/elle ait uni nous ayons uni vous ayez uni ils/elles aient uni Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' unis tu unis il/elle unit nous unîmes vous unîtes ils/elles unirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus uni tu eus uni il/elle eut uni nous eûmes uni vous eûtes uni ils/elles eurent uni 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).