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jouir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je jouis tu jouis il/elle jouit nous jouissons vous jouissez ils/elles jouissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai joui tu as joui il/elle a joui nous avons joui vous avez joui ils/elles ont joui Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je jouissais tu jouissais il/elle jouissait nous jouissions vous jouissiez ils/elles jouissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais joui tu avais joui il/elle avait joui nous avions joui vous aviez joui ils/elles avaient joui Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je jouirai tu jouiras il/elle jouira nous jouirons vous jouirez ils/elles jouiront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai joui tu auras joui il/elle aura joui nous aurons joui vous aurez joui ils/elles auront joui Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je jouirais tu jouirais il/elle jouirait nous jouirions vous jouiriez ils/elles jouiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais joui tu aurais joui il/elle aurait joui nous aurions joui vous auriez joui ils/elles auraient joui Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je jouisse tu jouisses il/elle jouisse nous jouissions vous jouissiez ils/elles jouissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie joui tu aies joui il/elle ait joui nous ayons joui vous ayez joui ils/elles aient joui Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je jouis tu jouis il/elle jouit nous jouîmes vous jouîtes ils/elles jouirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus joui tu eus joui il/elle eut joui nous eûmes joui vous eûtes joui ils/elles eurent joui 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).