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mentir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je mens tu mens il/elle ment nous mentons vous mentez ils/elles mentent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai menti tu as menti il/elle a menti nous avons menti vous avez menti ils/elles ont menti Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je mentais tu mentais il/elle mentait nous mentions vous mentiez ils/elles mentaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais menti tu avais menti il/elle avait menti nous avions menti vous aviez menti ils/elles avaient menti Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je mentirai tu mentiras il/elle mentira nous mentirons vous mentirez ils/elles mentiront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai menti tu auras menti il/elle aura menti nous aurons menti vous aurez menti ils/elles auront menti Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je mentirais tu mentirais il/elle mentirait nous mentirions vous mentiriez ils/elles mentiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais menti tu aurais menti il/elle aurait menti nous aurions menti vous auriez menti ils/elles auraient menti Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je mente tu mentes il/elle mente nous mentions vous mentiez ils/elles mentent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie menti tu aies menti il/elle ait menti nous ayons menti vous ayez menti ils/elles aient menti Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je mentis tu mentis il/elle mentit nous mentîmes vous mentîtes ils/elles mentirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus menti tu eus menti il/elle eut menti nous eûmes menti vous eûtes menti ils/elles eurent menti Pronounce these verb forms

This verb belongs to a pattern in which there is a 'characteristic consonant' immediately before the -ir of the infinitive. This consonant is absent in the singular present tense forms, but appears in other forms. These verbs also characteristically have a past participle ending in -i.

Apart from the behaviour of the characteristic consonant, this verb pattern is very similar to the regular -ir pattern, but without -ss- before its endings. It is also similar to the regular -er pattern but with -i in the past participle, and present tense singular endings -s/-t.

Common verbs following this pattern include: dormir (to sleep), mentir (to lie, not tell the truth), partir (to leave), sentir (to feel, smell), servir (to serve), sortir (to go/come out). Compounds such as endormir to put to sleep naturally follow the same pattern.