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Conjugation of the French verb bénir

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb bénir, along with their English translations.

bénir is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
bénir	to bless

Present		Scored
je bénis	I bless
tu bénis	you bless
il bénit	he blesses
elle bénit	she blesses
nous bénissons	we bless
vous bénissez	you bless
ils bénissent	they bless
elles bénissent	they bless

Imperfect		Scored
je bénissais	I was blessing
tu bénissais	you were blessing
il bénissait	he was blessing
elle bénissait	she was blessing
nous bénissions	we were blessing
vous bénissiez	you were blessing
ils bénissaient	they were blessing
elles bénissaient	they were blessing

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 bénis	I blessed
tu bénis	you blessed
il bénit	he blessed
elle bénit	she blessed
nous bénîmes	we blessed
vous bénîtes	you blessed
ils bénirent	they blessed
elles bénirent	they blessed

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai béni	I have blessed
tu as béni	you have blessed
il a béni	he has blessed
elle a béni	she has blessed
nous avons béni	we have blessed
vous avez béni	you have blessed
ils ont béni	they have blessed
elles ont béni	they have blessed

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais béni	I had blessed
tu avais béni	you had blessed
il avait béni	he had blessed
elle avait béni	she had blessed
nous avions béni	we had blessed
vous aviez béni	you had blessed
ils avaient béni	they had blessed
elles avaient béni	they had blessed

Future		Scored
je bénirai	I will bless
tu béniras	you will bless
il bénira	he will bless
elle bénira	she will bless
nous bénirons	we will bless
vous bénirez	you will bless
ils béniront	they will bless
elles béniront	they will bless

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai béni	I will have blessed
tu auras béni	you will have blessed
il aura béni	he will have blessed
elle aura béni	she will have blessed
nous aurons béni	we will have blessed
vous aurez béni	you will have blessed
ils auront béni	they will have blessed
elles auront béni	they will have blessed

Conditional		Scored
je bénirais	I would bless
tu bénirais	you would bless
il bénirait	he would bless
elle bénirait	she would bless
nous bénirions	we would bless
vous béniriez	you would bless
ils béniraient	they would bless
elles béniraient	they would bless

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais béni	I would have blessed
tu aurais béni	you would have blessed
il aurait béni	he would have blessed
elle aurait béni	she would have blessed
nous aurions béni	we would have blessed
vous auriez béni	you would have blessed
ils auraient béni	they would have blessed
elles auraient béni	they would have blessed

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je bénisse	(... that) I bless
(... que) tu bénisses	(... that) you bless
(... que) il bénisse	(... that) he blesses
(... que) elle bénisse	(... that) she blesses
(... que) nous bénissions	(... that) we bless
(... que) vous bénissiez	(... that) you bless
(... que) ils bénissent	(... that) they bless
(... que) elles bénissent	(... that) they bless

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je bénisse	(... that) I was blessing
(... que) tu bénisses	(... that) you were blessing
(... que) il bénît	(... that) he was blessing
(... que) elle bénît	(... that) she was blessing
(... que) nous bénissions	(... that) we were blessing
(... que) vous bénissiez	(... that) you were blessing
(... que) ils bénissent	(... that) they were blessing
(... que) elles bénissent	(... that) they were blessing

Imperative		Scored
bénis	Bless
bénissons	Let's bless
bénissez	Bless

Present Participle		Scored
bénissant	blessing

Past Participle		Scored
béni	blessed

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Irregular conjugation

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