French Verbs with -MIR, -TIR, and -VIR

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE

Last updated: 2017-01-03

Most verbs in -IR follow the same conjugation as finir (e.g. nous finissons).

However, most verbs in -MIR, -TIR and -VIR conjugate differently from finir.

The main difference is that these verbs don't have the -iss- suffix; actually, they drop the -IR ending altogether (except in Le Futur and Conditionnel).

E.g.   in Le Présent: ils finissent (finir)  BUT  ils dorment (dormir - to sleep)

        in L'Imparfait:  je finissais   BUT    je partais (partir - to leave)

                              vous finissiez    BUT    vous serviez (servir - to serve)                              

Here is a list of some of the most common -MIR, -TIR, and -VIR verbs: