Infinitive
Gerund
en finant
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | fin |
| 2nd sing. | fines |
| 3rd sing. | fine |
| 1st plur. | finons |
| 2nd plur. | finez |
| 3rd plur. | finent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | finoie; fineie; finoe; fineve |
| 2nd sing. | finoies; fineies; finoes; fineves |
| 3rd sing. | finoit; fineit; finot; fineve |
| 1st plur. | finiiens; finiens |
| 2nd plur. | finiiez; finiez |
| 3rd plur. | finoient; fineient; finoent; finevent |
Preterite
| 1st sing. | finai |
| 2nd sing. | finas |
| 3rd sing. | fina |
| 1st plur. | finames |
| 2nd plur. | finastes |
| 3rd plur. | finerent |
Future
| 1st sing. | finerai |
| 2nd sing. | fineras |
| 3rd sing. | finera |
| 1st plur. | finerons |
| 2nd plur. | fineroiz; finereiz; finerez |
| 3rd plur. | fineront |
Conditional
| 1st sing. | fineroie; finereie |
| 2nd sing. | fineroies; finereies |
| 3rd sing. | fineroit; finereit |
| 1st plur. | fineriiens; fineriens |
| 2nd plur. | fineriiez; fineriez |
| 3rd plur. | fineroient; finereient |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | fin |
| 2nd sing. | fins |
| 3rd sing. | fint |
| 1st plur. | finons |
| 2nd plur. | finez |
| 3rd plur. | finent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | finasse |
| 2nd sing. | finasses |
| 3rd sing. | finast |
| 1st plur. | finissons; finissiens |
| 2nd plur. | finissoiz; finissez; finissiez |
| 3rd plur. | finassent |
Imperative
| 2nd sing. | fine |
| 1st plur. | finons |
| 2nd plur. | finez |
Verbs conjugated like finer
souner,
communer,
conjurer,
conveier,
consirer,
definer,
desirer,
sapurer,
dominer,
effroyer,
effroier,
suspirer,
amesurer,
corouner,
prosperer,
araisoner,
reguerdoner,
preferer,
desfigurer,
souspirer, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Etymology
From alteration (based on fin) of the original form fenir, from Latin fīnīre, from fīnis (“boundary, limit”). See: Latin '
fīniō'.
Verbs referencing "finer"
Wallon fini, Middle French
finer.
Sample Sentences
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S'en sui plus dolenz, Salatin,
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Quar en françois ne en latin
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Ne finai onques de proier (I am very sad about it, Satan
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For neither in French nor in Latin
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Have I stopped praying for you) [c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci commence le miracle de Théophile:]
Cognates
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