finir

[edit] French

Latin fīnīre, present active infinitive of fīniō < fīnis (“‘boundary, limit’”)

finir

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like nourrir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of finir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		finir			avoir fini
gerund		en finissant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		finissant
past participle		fini
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	finis	finis	finit	finissons	finissez	finissent
	imperfect	finissais	finissais	finissait	finissions	finissiez	finissaient
	past historic	finis	finis	finit	finîmes	finîtes	finirent
	future	finirai	finiras	finira	finirons	finirez	finiront
	conditional	finirais	finirais	finirait	finirions	finiriez	finiraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	finisse	finisses	finisse	finissions	finissiez	finissent
simple tenses	imperfect	finisse	finisses	finît	finissions	finissiez	finissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	finis	—	finissons	finissez	—