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gémir
gémir
See also: gemir
French
Verb
gémir
Derived terms
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 gémir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | gémir | avoir gémi | |||||
| gerund | en gémissant | en ayant gémi | |||||
| present participle | gémissant /ʒe.mi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | gémi /ʒe.mi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | gémis /ʒe.mi/ |
gémis /ʒe.mi/ |
gémit /ʒe.mi/ |
gémissons /ʒe.mi.sɔ̃/ |
gémissez /ʒe.mi.se/ |
gémissent /ʒe.mis/ |
| imperfect | gémissais /ʒe.mi.sɛ/ |
gémissais /ʒe.mi.sɛ/ |
gémissait /ʒe.mi.sɛ/ |
gémissions /ʒe.mi.sjɔ̃/ |
gémissiez /ʒe.mi.sje/ |
gémissaient /ʒe.mi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | gémis /ʒe.mi/ |
gémis /ʒe.mi/ |
gémit /ʒe.mi/ |
gémîmes /ʒe.mim/ |
gémîtes /ʒe.mit/ |
gémirent /ʒe.miʁ/ |
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| future | gémirai /ʒe.mi.ʁe/ |
gémiras /ʒe.mi.ʁa/ |
gémira /ʒe.mi.ʁa/ |
gémirons /ʒe.mi.ʁɔ̃/ |
gémirez /ʒe.mi.ʁe/ |
gémiront /ʒe.mi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | gémirais /ʒe.mi.ʁɛ/ |
gémirais /ʒe.mi.ʁɛ/ |
gémirait /ʒe.mi.ʁɛ/ |
gémirions /ʒe.mi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
gémiriez /ʒe.mi.ʁje/ |
gémiraient /ʒe.mi.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 | gémisse /ʒe.mis/ |
gémisses /ʒe.mis/ |
gémisse /ʒe.mis/ |
gémissions /ʒe.mi.sjɔ̃/ |
gémissiez /ʒe.mi.sje/ |
gémissent /ʒe.mis/ |
| imperfect1 |
gémisse /ʒe.mis/ |
gémisses /ʒe.mis/ |
gémît /ʒe.mi/ |
gémissions /ʒe.mi.sjɔ̃/ |
gémissiez /ʒe.mi.sje/ |
gémissent /ʒe.mis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | gémis /ʒe.mi/ |
— | gémissons /ʒe.mi.sɔ̃/ |
gémissez /ʒe.mi.se/ |
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