Inherited from Old French obscurcir.
obscurcir
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-.
| infinitive | simple | obscurcir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | obscurcissant /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | obscurci /ɔp.skyʁ.si/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | obscurcis /ɔp.skyʁ.si/ |
obscurcis /ɔp.skyʁ.si/ |
obscurcit /ɔp.skyʁ.si/ |
obscurcissons /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sɔ̃/ |
obscurcissez /ɔp.skyʁ.si.se/ |
obscurcissent /ɔp.skyʁ.sis/ |
| imperfect | obscurcissais /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sɛ/ |
obscurcissais /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sɛ/ |
obscurcissait /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sɛ/ |
obscurcissions /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ |
obscurcissiez /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sje/ |
obscurcissaient /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | obscurcis /ɔp.skyʁ.si/ |
obscurcis /ɔp.skyʁ.si/ |
obscurcit /ɔp.skyʁ.si/ |
obscurcîmes /ɔp.skyʁ.sim/ |
obscurcîtes /ɔp.skyʁ.sit/ |
obscurcirent /ɔp.skyʁ.siʁ/ | |
| future | obscurcirai /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁe/ |
obscurciras /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁa/ |
obscurcira /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁa/ |
obscurcirons /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/ |
obscurcirez /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁe/ |
obscurciront /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | obscurcirais /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁɛ/ |
obscurcirais /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁɛ/ |
obscurcirait /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁɛ/ |
obscurcirions /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁjɔ̃/ |
obscurciriez /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁje/ |
obscurciraient /ɔp.skyʁ.si.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | obscurcisse /ɔp.skyʁ.sis/ |
obscurcisses /ɔp.skyʁ.sis/ |
obscurcisse /ɔp.skyʁ.sis/ |
obscurcissions /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ |
obscurcissiez /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sje/ |
obscurcissent /ɔp.skyʁ.sis/ |
| imperfect2 | obscurcisse /ɔp.skyʁ.sis/ |
obscurcisses /ɔp.skyʁ.sis/ |
obscurcît /ɔp.skyʁ.si/ |
obscurcissions /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ |
obscurcissiez /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sje/ |
obscurcissent /ɔp.skyʁ.sis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | obscurcis /ɔp.skyʁ.si/ |
— | obscurcissons /ɔp.skyʁ.si.sɔ̃/ |
obscurcissez /ɔp.skyʁ.si.se/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
obscurcir
This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | obscurcir | avoir obscurci | |||||
| gerund | en obscurcissant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | obscurcissant | ||||||
| past participle | obscurci | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | obscurcis | obscurcis | obscurcist | obscurcissons | obscurcissez | obscurcissent |
| imperfect | obscurcissoie, obscurcisseie | obscurcissoies, obscurcisseies | obscurcissoit, obscurcisseit | obscurcissiiens, obscurcissiens | obscurcissiiez, obscurcissiez | obscurcissoient, obscurcisseient | |
| preterite | obscurci | obscurcis | obscurci | obscurcimes | obscurcistes | obscurcirent | |
| future | obscurcirai | obscurciras | obscurcira | obscurcirons | obscurciroiz, obscurcireiz, obscurcirez | obscurciront | |
| conditional | obscurciroie, obscurcireie | obscurciroies, obscurcireies | obscurciroit, obscurcireit | obscurciriiens, obscurciriens | obscurciriiez, obscurciriez | obscurciroient, obscurcireient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | obscurcisse | obscurcisses | obscurcisse | obscurcissons | obscurcissez | obscurcissent |
| imperfect | obscurcisse | obscurcisses | obscurcist | obscurcissons, obscurcissiens | obscurcissoiz, obscurcissez, obscurcissiez | obscurcissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | obscurcis | — | obscurcissons | obscurcissez | — | ||