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bénir
bénir
French
Verb
bénir
- to bless
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, 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 bénir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | bénir | avoir béni | |||||
| gerund | en bénissant | en ayant béni | |||||
| present participle | bénissant /be.ni.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | béni /be.ni/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | bénis /be.ni/ |
bénis /be.ni/ |
bénit /be.ni/ |
bénissons /be.ni.sɔ̃/ |
bénissez /be.ni.se/ |
bénissent /be.nis/ |
| imperfect | bénissais /be.ni.sɛ/ |
bénissais /be.ni.sɛ/ |
bénissait /be.ni.sɛ/ |
bénissions /be.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
bénissiez /be.ni.sje/ |
bénissaient /be.ni.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | bénis /be.ni/ |
bénis /be.ni/ |
bénit /be.ni/ |
bénîmes /be.nim/ |
bénîtes /be.nit/ |
bénirent /be.niʁ/ |
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| future | bénirai /be.ni.ʁe/ |
béniras /be.ni.ʁa/ |
bénira /be.ni.ʁa/ |
bénirons /be.ni.ʁɔ̃/ |
bénirez /be.ni.ʁe/ |
béniront /be.ni.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | bénirais /be.ni.ʁɛ/ |
bénirais /be.ni.ʁɛ/ |
bénirait /be.ni.ʁɛ/ |
bénirions /be.ni.ʁjɔ̃/ |
béniriez /be.ni.ʁje/ |
béniraient /be.ni.ʁɛ/ |
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| 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 anterior1 | 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 | bénisse /be.nis/ |
bénisses /be.nis/ |
bénisse /be.nis/ |
bénissions /be.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
bénissiez /be.ni.sje/ |
bénissent /be.nis/ |
| imperfect1 |
bénisse /be.nis/ |
bénisses /be.nis/ |
bénît /be.ni/ |
bénissions /be.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
bénissiez /be.ni.sje/ |
bénissent /be.nis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | bénis /be.ni/ |
— | bénissons /be.ni.sɔ̃/ |
bénissez /be.ni.se/ |
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