fenir

Old French

Etymology

From Latin finire

Verb

fenir

1. Alternative form of finer.

Conjugation

• Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of fenir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		fenir			estre feni
gerund		en fenant			Use the gerund of estre followed by the past participle
present participle		fenant
past participle		feni
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	fenis	fenis	fenist	fenissons	fenissez, fenissiez	fenissent
	imperfect	fenissois	fenissois	fenissoit	fenissions	fenissiez	fenissoient
	past historic	fenissis	fenissis	fenissit	fenissismes	fenissistes	fenissirent
	future	fenirai	feniras	fenira	fenirons	fenireiz	feniront
	conditional	feniroie	feniroies	feniroie	fenirions	feniriez, feniriiez	feniroient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of estre followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of estre followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of estre followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of estre followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of estre followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	fene	fenes	fene	fenons	fenez	fene
	imperfect	fenisse	fenisses	fenisse	fenissons	fenissez, fenisseiz	fenissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	fenis	—	fenez	fenons	—

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Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin finire

Verb

fenir

1. to finish

   Aissi fenira ma chanso

   this is how I will finish my song

Descendants

• Catalan: finir