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fourbir
fourbir
French
Verb
fourbir
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 fourbir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | fourbir | avoir fourbi | |||||
| gerund | en fourbissant | en ayant fourbi | |||||
| present participle | fourbissant /fuʁ.bi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | fourbi /fuʁ.bi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | fourbis /fuʁ.bi/ |
fourbis /fuʁ.bi/ |
fourbit /fuʁ.bi/ |
fourbissons /fuʁ.bi.sɔ̃/ |
fourbissez /fuʁ.bi.se/ |
fourbissent /fuʁ.bis/ |
| imperfect | fourbissais /fuʁ.bi.sɛ/ |
fourbissais /fuʁ.bi.sɛ/ |
fourbissait /fuʁ.bi.sɛ/ |
fourbissions /fuʁ.bi.sjɔ̃/ |
fourbissiez /fuʁ.bi.sje/ |
fourbissaient /fuʁ.bi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | fourbis /fuʁ.bi/ |
fourbis /fuʁ.bi/ |
fourbit /fuʁ.bi/ |
fourbîmes /fuʁ.bim/ |
fourbîtes /fuʁ.bit/ |
fourbirent /fuʁ.biʁ/ |
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| future | fourbirai /fuʁ.bi.ʁe/ |
fourbiras /fuʁ.bi.ʁa/ |
fourbira /fuʁ.bi.ʁa/ |
fourbirons /fuʁ.bi.ʁɔ̃/ |
fourbirez /fuʁ.bi.ʁe/ |
fourbiront /fuʁ.bi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | fourbirais /fuʁ.bi.ʁɛ/ |
fourbirais /fuʁ.bi.ʁɛ/ |
fourbirait /fuʁ.bi.ʁɛ/ |
fourbirions /fuʁ.bi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fourbiriez /fuʁ.bi.ʁje/ |
fourbiraient /fuʁ.bi.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 | fourbisse /fuʁ.bis/ |
fourbisses /fuʁ.bis/ |
fourbisse /fuʁ.bis/ |
fourbissions /fuʁ.bi.sjɔ̃/ |
fourbissiez /fuʁ.bi.sje/ |
fourbissent /fuʁ.bis/ |
| imperfect1 |
fourbisse /fuʁ.bis/ |
fourbisses /fuʁ.bis/ |
fourbît /fuʁ.bi/ |
fourbissions /fuʁ.bi.sjɔ̃/ |
fourbissiez /fuʁ.bi.sje/ |
fourbissent /fuʁ.bis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | fourbis /fuʁ.bi/ |
— | fourbissons /fuʁ.bi.sɔ̃/ |
fourbissez /fuʁ.bi.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||