Conjugating Chérir in French

Its likely that you know the French expression mon chà ©ri,  meaning my darling. Similarly, the verb  chà ©rir  means to cherish, so this should be an easy word to learn.   Conjugating the French Verb  Chà ©rir In French, verbs must be conjugated to express the past, present, or future tense. They must also match the subject pronoun, so the ending for I cherish is different than that for we cherish. This makes French conjugations more challenging than in English, but it will get easier as you learn more verbs. Chà ©rir  is a  regular -ir verb  and it follows a prescribed pattern in the conjugations. First, you must recognize the verbs stem, which is  cher-. Then, you will add the appropriate ending. For instance, I cherish adds an -is  to create je chà ©ris. Likewise, we cherish adds -issons  to create nous chà ©rissons. As you begin to recognize these common -ir  endings, you can apply them to similar verbs like  accomplir  (to accomplish) and  abolir  (to abolish). Subject Present Future Imperfect je chris chrirai chrissais tu chris chriras chrissais il chrit chrira chrissait nous chrissons chrirons chrissions vous chrissez chrirez chrissiez ils chrissent chriront chrissaient The Present Participle of  Chà ©rir The  present participle  of chà ©rir  is  chà ©rissant. This change is done by adding an -ant  to the stem  chà ©r-. This form is very versatile because you can use it as an adjective, gerund, or noun as well as a verb. The Passà © Composà © and Past Participle A  common way to express the past tense in French is with the passà © composà ©. For this form, you will conjugate  avoir, the  auxiliary verb,  for the subject, then attach the  past participle  chà ©ri. For example, I cherished is jai chà ©ri and we cherished is nous avons chà ©ri. More Simple  Chà ©rir  Conjugations As you learn more French, you may find uses for the subjunctive verb mood when the verbs action is uncertain. Likewise, the conditional verb mood is used when the action is dependent on something. In rare instances, you might come across the passà © simple or the imperfect subjunctive. These are primarily found in literature and you should be able to recognize them. Subject Subjunctive Conditional Pass Simple Imperfect Subjunctive je chrisse chrirais chris chrisse tu chrisses chrirais chris chrisses il chrisse chrirait chrit chrt nous chrissions chririons chrmes chrissions vous chrissiez chririez chrtes chrissiez ils chrissent chriraient chrirent chrissent The imperative verb form is used for short exclamations. When using it, skip the subject pronoun and say the verb alone: chà ©ris rather than tu chà ©ris. Imperative (tu) chris (nous) chrissons (vous) chrissez