Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb finir

The Past Historic / Passé Simple tense conjugations for the French verb finir, along with their English translations.

finir is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je finis	I ended
tu finis	you ended
il finit	he ended
elle finit	she ended
nous finîmes	we ended
vous finîtes	you ended
ils finirent	they ended
elles finirent	they ended

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