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aboutir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' aboutis tu aboutis il/elle aboutit nous aboutissons vous aboutissez ils/elles aboutissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai abouti tu as abouti il/elle a abouti nous avons abouti vous avez abouti ils/elles ont abouti Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' aboutissais tu aboutissais il/elle aboutissait nous aboutissions vous aboutissiez ils/elles aboutissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais abouti tu avais abouti il/elle avait abouti nous avions abouti vous aviez abouti ils/elles avaient abouti Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' aboutirai tu aboutiras il/elle aboutira nous aboutirons vous aboutirez ils/elles aboutiront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai abouti tu auras abouti il/elle aura abouti nous aurons abouti vous aurez abouti ils/elles auront abouti Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' aboutirais tu aboutirais il/elle aboutirait nous aboutirions vous aboutiriez ils/elles aboutiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais abouti tu aurais abouti il/elle aurait abouti nous aurions abouti vous auriez abouti ils/elles auraient abouti Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' aboutisse tu aboutisses il/elle aboutisse nous aboutissions vous aboutissiez ils/elles aboutissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie abouti tu aies abouti il/elle ait abouti nous ayons abouti vous ayez abouti ils/elles aient abouti Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' aboutis tu aboutis il/elle aboutit nous aboutîmes vous aboutîtes ils/elles aboutirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus abouti tu eus abouti il/elle eut abouti nous eûmes abouti vous eûtes abouti ils/elles eurent abouti Pronounce these verb forms

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:

• On analogy with other verbs of the category, very occasional -ir neologisms are formed (cf amarsir);
• There is a very slight tendancy for irregular -ir verbs to "slip into" the regular -ir pattern. In educated usage, this happens in some senses for saillir and ressortir in some senses, and sometimes for the verb vêtir (Bescherelle, op cit, p. 27). Other non-standard forms occasionally found include vous bouillissez (instead of vous bouillez: see bouillir).