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Conjugation of the French verb finir

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb finir, along with their English translations.

finir is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
finir	to end

Present		Scored
je finis	I end
tu finis	you end
il finit	he ends
elle finit	she ends
nous finissons	we end
vous finissez	you end
ils finissent	they end
elles finissent	they end

Imperfect		Scored
je finissais	I was ending
tu finissais	you were ending
il finissait	he was ending
elle finissait	she was ending
nous finissions	we were ending
vous finissiez	you were ending
ils finissaient	they were ending
elles finissaient	they were ending

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je finis	I ended
tu finis	you ended
il finit	he ended
elle finit	she ended
nous finîmes	we ended
vous finîtes	you ended
ils finirent	they ended
elles finirent	they ended

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai fini	I ended
tu as fini	you ended
il a fini	he ended
elle a fini	she ended
nous avons fini	we ended
vous avez fini	you ended
ils ont fini	they ended
elles ont fini	they ended

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais fini	I had ended
tu avais fini	you had ended
il avait fini	he had ended
elle avait fini	she had ended
nous avions fini	we had ended
vous aviez fini	you had ended
ils avaient fini	they had ended
elles avaient fini	they had ended

Future		Scored
je finirai	I will end
tu finiras	you will end
il finira	he will end
elle finira	she will end
nous finirons	we will end
vous finirez	you will end
ils finiront	they will end
elles finiront	they will end

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai fini	I will have ended
tu auras fini	you will have ended
il aura fini	he will have ended
elle aura fini	she will have ended
nous aurons fini	we will have ended
vous aurez fini	you will have ended
ils auront fini	they will have ended
elles auront fini	they will have ended

Conditional		Scored
je finirais	I would end
tu finirais	you would end
il finirait	he would end
elle finirait	she would end
nous finirions	we would end
vous finiriez	you would end
ils finiraient	they would end
elles finiraient	they would end

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais fini	I would have ended
tu aurais fini	you would have ended
il aurait fini	he would have ended
elle aurait fini	she would have ended
nous aurions fini	we would have ended
vous auriez fini	you would have ended
ils auraient fini	they would have ended
elles auraient fini	they would have ended

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je finisse	(... that) I end
(... que) tu finisses	(... that) you end
(... que) il finisse	(... that) he ends
(... que) elle finisse	(... that) she ends
(... que) nous finissions	(... that) we end
(... que) vous finissiez	(... that) you end
(... que) ils finissent	(... that) they end
(... que) elles finissent	(... that) they end

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je finisse	(... that) I was ending
(... que) tu finisses	(... that) you were ending
(... que) il finît	(... that) he was ending
(... que) elle finît	(... that) she was ending
(... que) nous finissions	(... that) we were ending
(... que) vous finissiez	(... that) you were ending
(... que) ils finissent	(... that) they were ending
(... que) elles finissent	(... that) they were ending

Imperative		Scored
finis	End
finissons	Let's end
finissez	End

Present Participle		Scored
finissant	ending

Past Participle		Scored
fini	ended

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