![]() You were finishing the movie when somebody knocked on the door. Vous finissiez le film quand quelqu'un a frappé à la porte. You were finishing, used to finish (formal, plural) ![]() We were finishing the meal when the waiter came to the table. Nous finissions le repas quand le serveur est venu à la table. She was finishing the project when the boss came. When I was in university I used to finish studying around midnight.Įlle finissait le projet quand le patron est venu. Quand j'étais a l'université je finissais d'étudier vers minuit. You were finishing, used to finish (informal, singular) I was finishing my work when the phone rang. Je finissais mon travail quand le téléphone a sonné. The French use the imperfect to express past actions which occurred at unspecified times. In the imperfect tense, je finissais means “I was finishing” or “I used to finish”. You have finished the project very early. Nous avons fini le film avant vingt-deux heures. He finished eating before the other guests. Il a finit de manger avec les autres invités. You finished your meal before the other kids. Tu as finis ton repas avant les autres enfants. J'ai fini mon travail juste avant minuit. The French use the passé composé to express past actions which occurred a specific times. In the following video, online French teacher Alexa teaches the pronunciation of finir in the present tense. Je finis mon travail vers dix-sept heures. In the present tense, je finis can translate to both “I finish” and “I am finishing”. Thomas ended up selling shoes.įinir conjugation table Finir conjugation charts Present tense ( le présent) Thomas a fini par vendre les chaussures. ![]() The construction finir par + infinitive is used to express “to end up”. The construction finir de + infinitive is used to express the finishing of an action. We finish the project.įinir de + infinitive = to finish an action When followed by a noun, finir simply means “to finish”.
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