Learn the French Conjugations for Rougir (to Blush)

A very fun verb, the French  rougir  means to blush or to turn red. Its used most often when youre describing someones embarrassment and in order to say he blushed or she is blushing, you will need a conjugation of the verb. That is the subject of this French lesson. The Basic Conjugations of  Rougir Rougir is a regular -ir verb and it follows a very common conjugation pattern used in the French language. This category includes many verbs, such as reunir (to reunite) and remplir  (to fill). If you have studied a few of these, you can apply the endings you already know to this conjugation. The indicative mood is the best place to begin. Here you will find the basic present, future, and imperfect past tenses which you will use most often in conversation. As with all French conjugations, you need to memorize a new form of the verb for every subject pronoun within each tense. Beginning with the verb stem (roug-), use the chart to study which ending is required for each circumstance. As an example, I am blushing is  je rougis  and we turned red is  nous rougissions. Present Future Imperfect je rougis rougirai rougissais tu rougis rougiras rougissais il rougit rougira rougissait nous rougissons rougirons rougissions vous rougissez rougirez rougissiez ils rougissent rougiront rougissaient The Present Participle of  Rougir Conjugating a regular -ir verb into its present participle is as simple as adding -issant to the stem. For rougir, that produces the word rougissant. Rougir  in the Compound Past Tense In French, you may use either the imperfect or the  passà © composà ©Ã‚  to express the past tense blushed. To form the latter, begin with the appropriate present tense conjugate of the auxiliary verb  avoir,  then add the  past participle  rougi. This results in phrases such as  jai rougi  (I blushed) and  nous avons rougi  (we blushed). More Simple Conjugations of  Rougir At times, you may not know if someone is really going to blush or not and thats when the subjunctive  is used. In another circumstance, someone may not blush unless something else happens (they receive a compliment, for instance). Thats when you can use  the conditional. Found almost exclusively in French literature, you may not need  the passà © simple  and  the imperfect subjunctive  often. However, they are good to know. Subjunctive Conditional Pass simple Imperfect subjunctive je rougisse rougirais rougis rougisse tu rougisses rougirais rougis rougisses il rougisse rougirait rougit rougt nous rougissions rougirions rougmes rougissions vous rougissiez rougiriez rougtes rougissiez ils rougissent rougiraient rougirent rougissent The French imperative  may not be as useful for a verb like  rougir  as it is for other actions, but you may find times to use it. Just keep in mind that this is the one instance when its okay to drop the subject pronoun. That means  tu rougis  becomes  rougis. Imperative (tu) rougis (nous) rougissons (vous) rougissez