How Is Fournir (to Furnish) Conjugated in French

To furnish or to provide in French requires the verb  fournir. This is a regular verb, so French students will be happy to know that conjugating it to mean furnished or providing is pretty straightforward. Conjugating the French Verb  Fournir In English, we use -ed and -ing endings to conjugate verbs. Things are more complicated in French because theres a new ending for each subject pronoun within each tense. This leaves you with more words to remember, but luckily  fournir  is a  regular -IR verb  and follows a relatively common conjugation pattern. As with any conjugation, we need to recognize that the verb stem is  fourn-. It is only then that we can apply the various endings to form the present, future, or imperfect past tense. For example, I am furnishing is je fournis and we will provide is nous fournirons. The Present Participle of  Fournir Adding -ant  to the verb stem of  fournir  gives us the  present participle  fournissant. Its quite useful because it can be an adjective, gerund, or noun as well as a verb. The Past Participle and Passà © Composà © To form the common past tense of the  passà © composà ©, we use the  past participle  fourni.  This is preceded by a conjugate of  avoir  (an  auxiliary, or helping  verb) as well as the subject pronoun. As an example, I furnished is jai fourni and we provided is nous avons fourni. More Simple  Fournir  Conjugations to Learn Those forms of  fournir  should be a priority for memorization. There will also be times when you will need or encounter other simple conjugations. The subjunctive verb mood, for instance, implies a degree of uncertainty to the verb. Likewise, the conditional verb mood says that the providing is dependent on something. In literature, you will likely find the passà © simple. While you may not use it or the imperfect subjunctive yourself, its a good idea to know that these are forms of  fournir  when reading French. In short, assertive requests and demands, the imperative verb form is used. For this, its perfectly acceptable to drop the subject pronoun: use fournis  rather than tu fournis.