From roux (“reddish brown”).
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roussir
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 | roussir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | roussissant /ʁu.si.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | roussi /ʁu.si/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | roussis /ʁu.si/ |
roussis /ʁu.si/ |
roussit /ʁu.si/ |
roussissons /ʁu.si.sɔ̃/ |
roussissez /ʁu.si.se/ |
roussissent /ʁu.sis/ |
imperfect | roussissais /ʁu.si.sɛ/ |
roussissais /ʁu.si.sɛ/ |
roussissait /ʁu.si.sɛ/ |
roussissions /ʁu.si.sjɔ̃/ |
roussissiez /ʁu.si.sje/ |
roussissaient /ʁu.si.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | roussis /ʁu.si/ |
roussis /ʁu.si/ |
roussit /ʁu.si/ |
roussîmes /ʁu.sim/ |
roussîtes /ʁu.sit/ |
roussirent /ʁu.siʁ/ | |
future | roussirai /ʁu.si.ʁe/ |
roussiras /ʁu.si.ʁa/ |
roussira /ʁu.si.ʁa/ |
roussirons /ʁu.si.ʁɔ̃/ |
roussirez /ʁu.si.ʁe/ |
roussiront /ʁu.si.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | roussirais /ʁu.si.ʁɛ/ |
roussirais /ʁu.si.ʁɛ/ |
roussirait /ʁu.si.ʁɛ/ |
roussirions /ʁu.si.ʁjɔ̃/ |
roussiriez /ʁu.si.ʁje/ |
roussiraient /ʁu.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 | roussisse /ʁu.sis/ |
roussisses /ʁu.sis/ |
roussisse /ʁu.sis/ |
roussissions /ʁu.si.sjɔ̃/ |
roussissiez /ʁu.si.sje/ |
roussissent /ʁu.sis/ |
imperfect2 | roussisse /ʁu.sis/ |
roussisses /ʁu.sis/ |
roussît /ʁu.si/ |
roussissions /ʁu.si.sjɔ̃/ |
roussissiez /ʁu.si.sje/ |
roussissent /ʁu.sis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | roussis /ʁu.si/ |
— | roussissons /ʁu.si.sɔ̃/ |
roussissez /ʁu.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). |