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Conjugation of the French verb périr

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

périr is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
périr	to perish

Present		Scored
je péris	I perish
tu péris	you perish
il périt	he perishes
elle périt	she perishes
nous périssons	we perish
vous périssez	you perish
ils périssent	they perish
elles périssent	they perish

Imperfect		Scored
je périssais	I was perishing
tu périssais	you were perishing
il périssait	he was perishing
elle périssait	she was perishing
nous périssions	we were perishing
vous périssiez	you were perishing
ils périssaient	they were perishing
elles périssaient	they were perishing

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 péris	I perished
tu péris	you perished
il périt	he perished
elle périt	she perished
nous pérîmes	we perished
vous pérîtes	you perished
ils périrent	they perished
elles périrent	they perished

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

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

Future		Scored
je périrai	I will perish
tu périras	you will perish
il périra	he will perish
elle périra	she will perish
nous périrons	we will perish
vous périrez	you will perish
ils périront	they will perish
elles périront	they will perish

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 péri	I will have perished
tu auras péri	you will have perished
il aura péri	he will have perished
elle aura péri	she will have perished
nous aurons péri	we will have perished
vous aurez péri	you will have perished
ils auront péri	they will have perished
elles auront péri	they will have perished

Conditional		Scored
je périrais	I would perish
tu périrais	you would perish
il périrait	he would perish
elle périrait	she would perish
nous péririons	we would perish
vous péririez	you would perish
ils périraient	they would perish
elles périraient	they would perish

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 péri	I would have perished
tu aurais péri	you would have perished
il aurait péri	he would have perished
elle aurait péri	she would have perished
nous aurions péri	we would have perished
vous auriez péri	you would have perished
ils auraient péri	they would have perished
elles auraient péri	they would have perished

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je périsse	(... that) I perish
(... que) tu périsses	(... that) you perish
(... que) il périsse	(... that) he perishes
(... que) elle périsse	(... that) she perishes
(... que) nous périssions	(... that) we perish
(... que) vous périssiez	(... that) you perish
(... que) ils périssent	(... that) they perish
(... que) elles périssent	(... that) they perish

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je périsse	(... that) I was perishing
(... que) tu périsses	(... that) you were perishing
(... que) il pérît	(... that) he was perishing
(... que) elle pérît	(... that) she was perishing
(... que) nous périssions	(... that) we were perishing
(... que) vous périssiez	(... that) you were perishing
(... que) ils périssent	(... that) they were perishing
(... que) elles périssent	(... that) they were perishing

Imperative		Scored
péris	Perish
périssons	Let's perish
périssez	Perish

Present Participle		Scored
périssant	perishing

Past Participle		Scored
péri	perished

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