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régir
régir
See also: regir
French
Verb
régir
- (transitive) to govern
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 régir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | régir | avoir régi | |||||
| gerund | en régissant | en ayant régi | |||||
| present participle | régissant /ʁe.ʒi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | régi /ʁe.ʒi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | régis /ʁe.ʒi/ |
régis /ʁe.ʒi/ |
régit /ʁe.ʒi/ |
régissons /ʁe.ʒi.sɔ̃/ |
régissez /ʁe.ʒi.se/ |
régissent /ʁe.ʒis/ |
| imperfect | régissais /ʁe.ʒi.sɛ/ |
régissais /ʁe.ʒi.sɛ/ |
régissait /ʁe.ʒi.sɛ/ |
régissions /ʁe.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ |
régissiez /ʁe.ʒi.sje/ |
régissaient /ʁe.ʒi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | régis /ʁe.ʒi/ |
régis /ʁe.ʒi/ |
régit /ʁe.ʒi/ |
régîmes /ʁe.ʒim/ |
régîtes /ʁe.ʒit/ |
régirent /ʁe.ʒiʁ/ |
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| future | régirai /ʁe.ʒi.ʁe/ |
régiras /ʁe.ʒi.ʁa/ |
régira /ʁe.ʒi.ʁa/ |
régirons /ʁe.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/ |
régirez /ʁe.ʒi.ʁe/ |
régiront /ʁe.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | régirais /ʁe.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
régirais /ʁe.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
régirait /ʁe.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
régirions /ʁe.ʒi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
régiriez /ʁe.ʒi.ʁje/ |
régiraient /ʁe.ʒi.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 | régisse /ʁe.ʒis/ |
régisses /ʁe.ʒis/ |
régisse /ʁe.ʒis/ |
régissions /ʁe.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ |
régissiez /ʁe.ʒi.sje/ |
régissent /ʁe.ʒis/ |
| imperfect1 |
régisse /ʁe.ʒis/ |
régisses /ʁe.ʒis/ |
régît /ʁe.ʒi/ |
régissions /ʁe.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ |
régissiez /ʁe.ʒi.sje/ |
régissent /ʁe.ʒis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | régis /ʁe.ʒi/ |
— | régissons /ʁe.ʒi.sɔ̃/ |
régissez /ʁe.ʒi.se/ |
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