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title: "Finir conjugation: all tenses with examples"
description: "Finir in every French tense: je finis, j'ai fini, je finirai, que je finisse. Full tables, examples and TCF/TEF Canada tips."
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French conjugation

# Finir conjugation

Finir (“to finish”) in every tense you need, from the présent to the subjonctif, with example sentences and how it shows up in the TCF and TEF Canada.

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In short

Finir (“to finish”) is an -ir verb of the second group, like finir. In the présent: je finis, tu finis, il/elle finit, nous finissons, vous finissez, ils/elles finissent. Its passé composé is formed with avoir and the past participle fini, and its futur simple is built on the stem finir-.

## Finir at a glance

Meaning

to finish

Type

\-ir verb like finir (second group)

Auxiliary

avoir

Past participle

fini

Present participle

finissant

Future stem

finir-

## Finir in every tense

### Présent

Present

-   je finis
-   tu finis
-   il/elle finit
-   nous finissons
-   vous finissez
-   ils/elles finissent

[When to use the présent](/blog/french-verb-tenses-for-tcf-tef)

### Passé composé

Compound past

-   j'ai fini
-   tu as fini
-   il/elle a fini
-   nous avons fini
-   vous avez fini
-   ils/elles ont fini

[When to use the passé composé](/blog/passe-compose-vs-imparfait)

### Imparfait

Imperfect

-   je finissais
-   tu finissais
-   il/elle finissait
-   nous finissions
-   vous finissiez
-   ils/elles finissaient

[When to use the imparfait](/blog/passe-compose-vs-imparfait)

### Futur simple

Simple future

-   je finirai
-   tu finiras
-   il/elle finira
-   nous finirons
-   vous finirez
-   ils/elles finiront

[When to use the futur simple](/blog/french-verb-tenses-for-tcf-tef)

### Conditionnel présent

Present conditional

-   je finirais
-   tu finirais
-   il/elle finirait
-   nous finirions
-   vous finiriez
-   ils/elles finiraient

[When to use the conditionnel présent](/blog/french-verb-tenses-for-tcf-tef)

### Subjonctif présent

Present subjunctive

-   que je finisse
-   que tu finisses
-   qu'il/elle finisse
-   que nous finissions
-   que vous finissiez
-   qu'ils/elles finissent

[When to use the subjonctif présent](/blog/le-subjonctif)

### Impératif

Imperative

-   finis
-   finissons
-   finissez

### Passé simple (literary)

Simple past, used in written narrative

-   je finis
-   tu finis
-   il/elle finit
-   nous finîmes
-   vous finîtes
-   ils/elles finirent

### Participles

Present and past participles

-   Present participle: finissant
-   Past participle: fini, finie, finis, finies

TCF and TEF Canada

## How finir shows up in the TCF and TEF

Finir is the model for the second group: -iss- in the plural (nous finissons), the imparfait and the subjunctive.

-   Je finis le travail à dix-sept heures. _I finish work at five._
-   Il faut que vous finissiez le formulaire avant lundi. _You need to finish the form before Monday._

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Questions

## Finir conjugation: questions

### How do you conjugate finir in the present tense?

In the présent, finir is: je finis, tu finis, il/elle finit, nous finissons, vous finissez, ils/elles finissent.

### What is the passé composé of finir?

Finir forms the passé composé with avoir and the past participle fini: j'ai fini, tu as fini, il/elle a fini, nous avons fini, vous avez fini, ils/elles ont fini.

### Is finir conjugated with être or avoir?

Finir takes avoir in the passé composé and the other compound tenses: j'ai fini.

### What is finir in the futur simple?

The futur simple of finir is built on the stem finir-: je finirai, tu finiras, il/elle finira, nous finirons, vous finirez, ils/elles finiront.

### What is the imperfect of finir?

The imparfait of finir is: je finissais, tu finissais, il/elle finissait, nous finissions, vous finissiez, ils/elles finissaient.

### What is the subjunctive of finir?

The subjonctif présent of finir is: que je finisse, que tu finisses, qu'il/elle finisse, que nous finissions, que vous finissiez, qu'ils/elles finissent.

### What is finir in the passé simple?

The passé simple is a literary tense you will read in narratives and biographies but rarely need to write. For finir: je finis, tu finis, il/elle finit, nous finîmes, vous finîtes, ils/elles finirent.

### What is the imperative of finir?

The impératif of finir has three forms: finis, finissons, finissez (tu, nous and vous).

### What is the past participle of finir?

The past participle of finir is fini (feminine finie, plural finis, finies). Its present participle is finissant.

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Conjugation tables are generated from the Lefff (Lexique des formes fléchies du français, Benoît Sagot, Inria), packaged as french-verbs-lefff@3.4.0 and distributed under the [LGPL-LR licence](https://www.labri.fr/perso/clement/lefff/licence-LGPLLR.html). Compound forms are built from its auxiliary and participle forms.

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