Language/French/Grammar/Conjugation-group-2-—-verbs-whose-infinitive-ends-in-—ir

Conjugation group 2 — verbs whose infinitive ends in —ir

MODE INDICATIF

Présent	Imparfait	Passé simple	Futur simple
Je finis	Je finissais	Je finis	Je finirai
Tu finis	Tu finissais	Tu finis	Tu finiras
Il finit	Il finissait	Il finit	Il finira
Nous finissons	Nous finissions	Nous finîmes	Nous finirons
Vous finissez	Vous finissiez	Vous finîtes	Vous finirez
Ils finissent	Ils finissaient	Ils finirent	Ils finiront
Passé composé	Plus-que-parfait	Passé antérieur	Futur antérieur
J'ai fini	J'avais fini	J'eus fini	J'aurai fini
Tu as fini	Tu avais fini	Tu eus fini	Tu auras fini
Il a fini	Il avait fini	Il eut fini	Il aura fini
Nous avons fini	Nous avions fini	Nous eûmes fini	Nous aurons fini
Vous avez fini	Vous aviez fini	Vous eûtes fini	Vous aurez fini
Ils ont fini	Ils avaient fini	Ils eurent fini	Ils auront fini

MODE CONDITIONNEL

Présent	Passé
Je finirais	J'aurais  fini
Tu finirais	Tu aurais fini
Il finirait	Il aurait fini
Nous finirions	Nous aurions fini
Vous finiriez	Vous auriez fini
Ils finiraient	Ils auraient fini

MODE SUBJONCTIF

Présent	Passé	Imparfait	Plus-que-parfait
Je finisse	J'aie fini	Je finisse	J'eusse fini
Tu finisses	Tu aies fini	Tu finisses	Tu eusses fini
Il finisse	Il ait fini	Il finît	Il eût fini
Nous finissions	Nous ayons fini	Nous finissions	Nous eussions fini
Vous finissiez	Vous ayez fini	Vous finissiez	Vous eussiez fini
Ils finissent	Ils aient fini	Ils finissent	Ils eussent fini

MODE IMPERATIF

Présent	Passé
Finis	Aie fini
Finissons	Ayons fini
Finissez	Ayez fini

MODE INFINITIF

Présent	Passé
Finir	Avoir fini

MODE PARTICIPE

Présent	Passé
Finissant	Fini
	Ayant fini

Notes

• NB: Verbs which approximate to this pattern but which have significant differences are: fleurir, haïr. These are listed as irregular verbs.
• NB: S'endormir, servir, desservir, mentir, démentir, partir, repartir, se repentir, sentir, consentir, ressentir, sortir and ressortir conjugate like dormir BUT asservir, impartir, répartir, assortir, conjugate like finir.
• NB: Verbs which are similar to one or other of these -ir conjugations are: cueillir, accueillir, recueillir, assaillir, tressaillir, couvrir, découvrir, recouvrir, offrir, ouvrir, rouvrir, souffrir but they have special characteristics. They are listed individually as irregular verbs.

Other Chapters

Table of Contents

Nouns

• Types
• Gender
• Plural

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Determiners

• Articles
• Typical use of the definite article
• Typical use of the indefinite article
• The partitive article: du, de l', de la, des
• Use of indefinite and partitive articles after the negative forms ne... pas, ne... jamais, ne... plus, ne... guère
• Omission of the article
• Demonstrative determiners
• Possessive determiners

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Personal and impersonal pronouns

• Subject pronouns
• Object pronouns
• Stressed pronouns
• Demonstrative pronouns
• Possessive pronouns

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Adjectives

• Adjectives modifying the noun
• Adjectives which follow verbs or verbal expressions
• Adjectives with complements
• Indefinite and negative noun phrases with adjective complements
• Adjectives used as nouns
• Adjectives used as adverbs
• Masculine and feminine forms of adjectives
• Plural forms of adjectives
• Adjective agreement with nouns
• Invariable adjectives
• Compound adjectives
• Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives
• Subjunctive versus indicative in clauses dependent on a superlative adjective
• Absolute use of the superlative

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Adverbs

• Function of adverbs
• Formation of adverbs with the ending -ment
• Adjectives used as adverbs without addition of -ment
• Phrases used as adverbs
• English and French adverb formation
• Types of adverbs
• Location of adverbs

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Numbers, measurements, time and quantifiers

• Cardinal numbers
• Ordinal numbers
• Fractions
• Some differences in the use of cardinal and ordinal numbers in French and English
• Measurements and comparisons
• Dates, days, years
• Clock time
• Money
• Quantifiers

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Verb forms

• Conjugations
• Easy ways of generating some parts of the paradigms
• Changes in the stem form of some -er conjugation verbs
• Verbs whose stems end in c- or g-
• Verb paradigms

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Verb constructions

• Relations between verbs and their complements
• Intransitive constructions
• Directly transitive verbs
• Indirectly transitive verbs
• Ditransitive verbs
• The passive
• Pronominal verbs
• Impersonal verbs
• Verbs which take noun + adjective or noun + noun complements

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Verb and participle agreement

• Subject-verb agreement
• Agreement of the past participle with the subject of être
• Agreement of the past participle of verbs conjugated with avoir with a preceding direct object
• Agreement of the past participle of pronominal verbs in compound tenses

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Tense

• The present
• The past
• The future
• Other tenses indicating the time at which events occur relative to other events
• Combining tenses
• Tenses in direct and reported descriptions of events
• Tenses with si

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The subjunctive, modal verbs, exclamatives and imperatives

• The attitude of the subject to events: the subjunctive
• The use of devoir, pouvoir, savoir, falloir
• The French equivalents of the English modal verbs: 'would', 'should', 'could', 'may', 'might', 'ought to', and 'must'
• Exclamatives
• Imperatives

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The infinitive

• Introduction: what are infinitives?
• Infinitives as complements to other verbs
• Verbs which take infinitive complements without a linking preposition
• Verbs which take infinitive complements preceded by the preposition à
• Verbs which take an infinitive complement preceded by de
• Omission of objects before infinitives
• Infinitives as complements to adjectives
• Infinitives as complements to nouns
• Infinitives in subordinate clauses
• Infinitives as polite commands
• Quick-reference index to verbs taking infinitive complements

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Prepositions

• Introduction
• Prepositions listed alphabetically from à to vers
• French translations for common English prepositions

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Question formation

• Introduction
• Yes/no questions
• Information questions
• Order of object pronouns in questions involving inversion
• Order of negative particles in questions involving inversion
• Use of question words and phrases: qui?, que?, quoi?, quel?, de qui?, avec combien de? etc.
• Indirect questions

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Relative clauses

• Introduction
• Use of relative qui
• Use of relative que
• Preposition plus qui
• Use of lequel in relative clauses
• Use of dont, de qui, duquel/de laquelle/desquels/desquelles
• The use of où as a relative pronoun
• Use of relative quoi
• Free relative clauses and the use of ce qui, ce que, ce dont, ce à quoi, ce sur quoi, etc.
• Translating 'whoever', 'whatever', 'wherever', 'whenever', 'however'
• Indicative and subjunctive in relative clauses

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Negation

• Introduction
• Location of sentence negators
• Order of negators in multiple negation
• Omission of ne in sentence negation
• Order of negative elements in questions and imperatives
• ne... pas
• ne... que
• ne... aucun(e), ne... nul(le)
• ne... jamais
• ne... plus
• ne... guère
• ne... rien
• ne... personne
• ne... ni... ni
• sans used with other negators
• ne used alone

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Conjunctions and other linking constructions

• Introduction
• Coordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Conjunctions sometimes confused by English speakers
• Repeated subordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions used with infinitive clauses
• après avoir/ être + past participle linking an infinitive clause to a main clause
• Past participle phrases used as linkers
• Present participles and gerunds

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Sources

https://www.francaisfacile.com/exercices/exercice-francais-2/exercice-francais-44261.php

Other Lessons

• Use of the definite article with seasons
• Mass versus count nouns
• Weather verbs
• Gender of the noun indicated by its final letter
• How to tell the time
• Position of object pronouns with faire, laisser, envoyer or verbs of perception + infinitive
• Simple arithmetic (le calcul)
• Plural of words in Al
• Use of the definite article with names of countries, regions, départements
• Types of adverbs
• Number differences between French and English nouns
• Plurals of nouns ending in eu, au, eau
• An adjective agreeing with nouns linked by de
• Impersonal Verbs
• Object pronouns in coordinated clauses