Inherited from Old French esvanir, evanir, probably from a Vulgar Latin *exvānīre, later influenced from the Latin form ēvānuit (“vanished”) of ēvānescō, ēvānēscere.
évanouir
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 | s'évanouir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s’évanouissant /se.va.nwi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | évanoui /e.va.nwi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’évanouis /me.va.nwi/ |
t’évanouis /te.va.nwi/ |
s’évanouit /se.va.nwi/ |
nous évanouissons /nu.z‿e.va.nwi.sɔ̃/ |
vous évanouissez /vu.z‿e.va.nwi.se/ |
s’évanouissent /se.va.nwis/ |
| imperfect | m’évanouissais /me.va.nwi.sɛ/ |
t’évanouissais /te.va.nwi.sɛ/ |
s’évanouissait /se.va.nwi.sɛ/ |
nous évanouissions /nu.z‿e.va.nwi.sjɔ̃/ |
vous évanouissiez /vu.z‿e.va.nwi.sje/ |
s’évanouissaient /se.va.nwi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m’évanouis /me.va.nwi/ |
t’évanouis /te.va.nwi/ |
s’évanouit /se.va.nwi/ |
nous évanouîmes /nu.z‿e.va.nwim/ |
vous évanouîtes /vu.z‿e.va.nwit/ |
s’évanouirent /se.va.nwiʁ/ | |
| future | m’évanouirai /me.va.nwi.ʁe/ |
t’évanouiras /te.va.nwi.ʁa/ |
s’évanouira /se.va.nwi.ʁa/ |
nous évanouirons /nu.z‿e.va.nwi.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous évanouirez /vu.z‿e.va.nwi.ʁe/ |
s’évanouiront /se.va.nwi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m’évanouirais /me.va.nwi.ʁɛ/ |
t’évanouirais /te.va.nwi.ʁɛ/ |
s’évanouirait /se.va.nwi.ʁɛ/ |
nous évanouirions /nu.z‿e.va.nwi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous évanouiriez /vu.z‿e.va.nwi.ʁje/ |
s’évanouiraient /se.va.nwi.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’évanouisse /me.va.nwis/ |
t’évanouisses /te.va.nwis/ |
s’évanouisse /se.va.nwis/ |
nous évanouissions /nu.z‿e.va.nwi.sjɔ̃/ |
vous évanouissiez /vu.z‿e.va.nwi.sje/ |
s’évanouissent /se.va.nwis/ |
| imperfect2 | m’évanouisse /me.va.nwis/ |
t’évanouisses /te.va.nwis/ |
s’évanouît /se.va.nwi/ |
nous évanouissions /nu.z‿e.va.nwi.sjɔ̃/ |
vous évanouissiez /vu.z‿e.va.nwi.sje/ |
s’évanouissent /se.va.nwis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | évanouis-toi /e.va.nwi.twa/ |
— | évanouissons-nous /e.va.nwi.sɔ̃.nu/ |
évanouissez-vous /e.va.nwi.se.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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). | |||||||