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périr
périr
See also: perir
French
Verb
périr
- to perish
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 périr (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | périr | avoir péri | |||||
| gerund | en périssant | en ayant péri | |||||
| present participle | périssant /pe.ʁi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | péri /pe.ʁi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | péris /pe.ʁi/ |
péris /pe.ʁi/ |
périt /pe.ʁi/ |
périssons /pe.ʁi.sɔ̃/ |
périssez /pe.ʁi.se/ |
périssent /pe.ʁis/ |
| imperfect | périssais /pe.ʁi.sɛ/ |
périssais /pe.ʁi.sɛ/ |
périssait /pe.ʁi.sɛ/ |
périssions /pe.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
périssiez /pe.ʁi.sje/ |
périssaient /pe.ʁi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | péris /pe.ʁi/ |
péris /pe.ʁi/ |
périt /pe.ʁi/ |
pérîmes /pe.ʁim/ |
pérîtes /pe.ʁit/ |
périrent /pe.ʁiʁ/ |
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| future | périrai /pe.ʁi.ʁe/ |
périras /pe.ʁi.ʁa/ |
périra /pe.ʁi.ʁa/ |
périrons /pe.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
périrez /pe.ʁi.ʁe/ |
périront /pe.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | périrais /pe.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
périrais /pe.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
périrait /pe.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
péririons /pe.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
péririez /pe.ʁi.ʁje/ |
périraient /pe.ʁi.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 | périsse /pe.ʁis/ |
périsses /pe.ʁis/ |
périsse /pe.ʁis/ |
périssions /pe.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
périssiez /pe.ʁi.sje/ |
périssent /pe.ʁis/ |
| imperfect1 |
périsse /pe.ʁis/ |
périsses /pe.ʁis/ |
pérît /pe.ʁi/ |
périssions /pe.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
périssiez /pe.ʁi.sje/ |
périssent /pe.ʁis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | péris /pe.ʁi/ |
— | périssons /pe.ʁi.sɔ̃/ |
périssez /pe.ʁi.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
- périssable
- péristaltisme