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vernir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je vernis tu vernis il/elle vernit nous vernissons vous vernissez ils/elles vernissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai verni tu as verni il/elle a verni nous avons verni vous avez verni ils/elles ont verni Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je vernissais tu vernissais il/elle vernissait nous vernissions vous vernissiez ils/elles vernissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais verni tu avais verni il/elle avait verni nous avions verni vous aviez verni ils/elles avaient verni Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je vernirai tu verniras il/elle vernira nous vernirons vous vernirez ils/elles verniront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai verni tu auras verni il/elle aura verni nous aurons verni vous aurez verni ils/elles auront verni Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je vernirais tu vernirais il/elle vernirait nous vernirions vous verniriez ils/elles verniraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais verni tu aurais verni il/elle aurait verni nous aurions verni vous auriez verni ils/elles auraient verni Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je vernisse tu vernisses il/elle vernisse nous vernissions vous vernissiez ils/elles vernissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie verni tu aies verni il/elle ait verni nous ayons verni vous ayez verni ils/elles aient verni Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je vernis tu vernis il/elle vernit nous vernîmes vous vernîtes ils/elles vernirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus verni tu eus verni il/elle eut verni nous eûmes verni vous eûtes verni ils/elles eurent verni 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).