établir: Conjugation

The établir conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb établir according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of établir, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of établir at the end of this page.

PresentPerfect

j'établis
tuétablis
il/elleétablit
nousétablissons
vousétablissez
ils/ellesétablissent
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j'ai établi
tuas établi
il/ellea établi
nousavons établi
vousavez établi
ils/ellesont établi
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ImperfectPluperfect

j'établissais
tuétablissais
il/elleétablissait
nousétablissions
vousétablissiez
ils/ellesétablissaient
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j'avais établi
tuavais établi
il/elleavait établi
nousavions établi
vousaviez établi
ils/ellesavaient établi
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FutureFuture-perfect

j'établirai
tuétabliras
il/elleétablira
nousétablirons
vousétablirez
ils/ellesétabliront
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j'aurai établi
tuauras établi
il/elleaura établi
nousaurons établi
vousaurez établi
ils/ellesauront établi
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ConditionalConditional perfect

j'établirais
tuétablirais
il/elleétablirait
nousétablirions
vousétabliriez
ils/ellesétabliraient
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j'aurais établi
tuaurais établi
il/elleaurait établi
nousaurions établi
vousauriez établi
ils/ellesauraient établi
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Present subjunctivePerfect subjunctive

j'établisse
tuétablisses
il/elleétablisse
nousétablissions
vousétablissiez
ils/ellesétablissent
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j'aie établi
tuaies établi
il/elleait établi
nousayons établi
vousayez établi
ils/ellesaient établi
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Past historicPast anterior

j'établis
tuétablis
il/elleétablit
nousétablîmes
vousétablîtes
ils/ellesétablirent
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j'eus établi
tueus établi
il/elleeut établi
nouseûmes établi
vouseûtes établi
ils/elleseurent établi
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This verb falls into the pattern commonly termed regular -ir verb. It is characterised by the consonant -ss- which appears before any ending beginning with a vowel (in the spelling) but not in the infinitive or past participle.

This is the pattern generally followed by verbs based on colours and some other common adjectives (such as (to turn red, blush), jaunir (to turn yellow), grandir (to grow), adoucir (to soften) etc. Many English verbs ending in -ish also have French counterparts ending in -ir and following this pattern (cf finir, polir, vernir (to varnish), abolir, ternir...

Around 300 verbs are reported to follow this pattern (Beescherelle (2006), la conjugaison pour tous). The category is marginally productive: