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vernir
vernir
French
Verb
vernir
- to varnish
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 vernir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | vernir | avoir verni | |||||
| gerund | en vernissant | en ayant verni | |||||
| present participle | vernissant /vɛʁ.ni.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | verni /vɛʁ.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 | vernis /vɛʁ.ni/ |
vernis /vɛʁ.ni/ |
vernit /vɛʁ.ni/ |
vernissons /vɛʁ.ni.sɔ̃/ |
vernissez /vɛʁ.ni.se/ |
vernissent /vɛʁ.nis/ |
| imperfect | vernissais /vɛʁ.ni.sɛ/ |
vernissais /vɛʁ.ni.sɛ/ |
vernissait /vɛʁ.ni.sɛ/ |
vernissions /vɛʁ.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
vernissiez /vɛʁ.ni.sje/ |
vernissaient /vɛʁ.ni.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | vernis /vɛʁ.ni/ |
vernis /vɛʁ.ni/ |
vernit /vɛʁ.ni/ |
vernîmes /vɛʁ.nim/ |
vernîtes /vɛʁ.nit/ |
vernirent /vɛʁ.niʁ/ |
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| future | vernirai /vɛʁ.ni.ʁe/ |
verniras /vɛʁ.ni.ʁa/ |
vernira /vɛʁ.ni.ʁa/ |
vernirons /vɛʁ.ni.ʁɔ̃/ |
vernirez /vɛʁ.ni.ʁe/ |
verniront /vɛʁ.ni.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | vernirais /vɛʁ.ni.ʁɛ/ |
vernirais /vɛʁ.ni.ʁɛ/ |
vernirait /vɛʁ.ni.ʁɛ/ |
vernirions /vɛʁ.ni.ʁjɔ̃/ |
verniriez /vɛʁ.ni.ʁje/ |
verniraient /vɛʁ.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 | vernisse /vɛʁ.nis/ |
vernisses /vɛʁ.nis/ |
vernisse /vɛʁ.nis/ |
vernissions /vɛʁ.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
vernissiez /vɛʁ.ni.sje/ |
vernissent /vɛʁ.nis/ |
| imperfect1 |
vernisse /vɛʁ.nis/ |
vernisses /vɛʁ.nis/ |
vernît /vɛʁ.ni/ |
vernissions /vɛʁ.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
vernissiez /vɛʁ.ni.sje/ |
vernissent /vɛʁ.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 | – | |
| — | vernis /vɛʁ.ni/ |
— | vernissons /vɛʁ.ni.sɔ̃/ |
vernissez /vɛʁ.ni.se/ |
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