finir conjugation: all tenses in French, with meaning

/finiʁ/

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Translation

to finish, to end

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Word origin

From Latin finire ('to limit, to end'), from finis ('end'). English 'finish' and 'finite' come from the same root.

Origin: Latin
Root: finire
English cognates: finish, finite, final

Grammar

Verb type-ir regular (2nd group)

Conjugation

Regular -ir (finir-style) conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person	Present	Imperfect	Past historic	Future	Conditional
je	finis	finissais	finis	finirai	finirais
tu	finis	finissais	finis	finiras	finirais
il/elle	finit	finissait	finit	finira	finirait
nous	finissons	finissions	finîmes	finirons	finirions
vous	finissez	finissiez	finîtes	finirez	finiriez
ils/elles	finissent	finissaient	finirent	finiront	finiraient

Subjunctive

Person	Present	Imperfect
je	finisse	finisse
tu	finisses	finisses
il/elle	finisse	finît
nous	finissions	finissions
vous	finissiez	finissiez
ils/elles	finissent	finissent

Imperative

Person	Affirmative
tu	finis
nous	finissons
vous	finissez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle: finissant
Past participle: fini · finie · finis · finies

Examples

I am going to finish this report before tomorrow morning's meeting.

- .

The class always finishes at 5 pm sharp.

, .

This story ends well, the children will be pleased.

I'm going to finish my coffee before heading to the office.

, .

When you have finished your plate, you can go and play.

est un verbe régulier du deuxième groupe. Finir de + infinitif indique l'achèvement d'une action : j'ai fini de manger (I have finished eating). En finir avec (to be done with, to put an end to) exprime la résolution définitive d'un problème.

Finir par + infinitif signifie to end up + gerund : il a fini par accepter (he ended up accepting). À n'en plus finir décrit quelque chose d'interminable. Fin (f) est le nom dérivé, et final / finale l'adjectif associé.

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This word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 3: -ir verbs.