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rugir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je rugis tu rugis il/elle rugit nous rugissons vous rugissez ils/elles rugissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai rugi tu as rugi il/elle a rugi nous avons rugi vous avez rugi ils/elles ont rugi Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je rugissais tu rugissais il/elle rugissait nous rugissions vous rugissiez ils/elles rugissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais rugi tu avais rugi il/elle avait rugi nous avions rugi vous aviez rugi ils/elles avaient rugi Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je rugirai tu rugiras il/elle rugira nous rugirons vous rugirez ils/elles rugiront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai rugi tu auras rugi il/elle aura rugi nous aurons rugi vous aurez rugi ils/elles auront rugi Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je rugirais tu rugirais il/elle rugirait nous rugirions vous rugiriez ils/elles rugiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais rugi tu aurais rugi il/elle aurait rugi nous aurions rugi vous auriez rugi ils/elles auraient rugi Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je rugisse tu rugisses il/elle rugisse nous rugissions vous rugissiez ils/elles rugissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie rugi tu aies rugi il/elle ait rugi nous ayons rugi vous ayez rugi ils/elles aient rugi Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je rugis tu rugis il/elle rugit nous rugîmes vous rugîtes ils/elles rugirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus rugi tu eus rugi il/elle eut rugi nous eûmes rugi vous eûtes rugi ils/elles eurent rugi 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).