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bouffir
bouffir
French
Verb
bouffir
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of bouffir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | bouffir | avoir bouffi | |||||
| gerund | en bouffissant | en ayant bouffi | |||||
| present participle | bouffissant /bu.fi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | bouffi /bu.fi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | bouffis /bu.fi/ |
bouffis /bu.fi/ |
bouffit /bu.fi/ |
bouffissons /bu.fi.sɔ̃/ |
bouffissez /bu.fi.se/ |
bouffissent /bu.fis/ |
| imperfect | bouffissais /bu.fi.sɛ/ |
bouffissais /bu.fi.sɛ/ |
bouffissait /bu.fi.sɛ/ |
bouffissions /bu.fi.sjɔ̃/ |
bouffissiez /bu.fi.sje/ |
bouffissaient /bu.fi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | bouffis /bu.fi/ |
bouffis /bu.fi/ |
bouffit /bu.fi/ |
bouffîmes /bu.fim/ |
bouffîtes /bu.fit/ |
bouffirent /bu.fiʁ/ |
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| future | bouffirai /bu.fi.ʁe/ |
bouffiras /bu.fi.ʁa/ |
bouffira /bu.fi.ʁa/ |
bouffirons /bu.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
bouffirez /bu.fi.ʁe/ |
bouffiront /bu.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | bouffirais /bu.fi.ʁɛ/ |
bouffirais /bu.fi.ʁɛ/ |
bouffirait /bu.fi.ʁɛ/ |
bouffirions /bu.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bouffiriez /bu.fi.ʁje/ |
bouffiraient /bu.fi.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | bouffisse /bu.fis/ |
bouffisses /bu.fis/ |
bouffisse /bu.fis/ |
bouffissions /bu.fi.sjɔ̃/ |
bouffissiez /bu.fi.sje/ |
bouffissent /bu.fis/ |
| imperfect1 |
bouffisse /bu.fis/ |
bouffisses /bu.fis/ |
bouffît /bu.fi/ |
bouffissions /bu.fi.sjɔ̃/ |
bouffissiez /bu.fi.sje/ |
bouffissent /bu.fis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | bouffis /bu.fi/ |
— | bouffissons /bu.fi.sɔ̃/ |
bouffissez /bu.fi.se/ |
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