Learn How to Conjugate Maigrir (to Lose Weight)

Youve lost weight and are excited to tell everyone...in French. What do you do? Use the verb  maigrir, which means to lose weight or become thin. The trick is that you need to conjugate  maigrir  in order to say lost weight or am losing weight. A quick French lesson will show you how thats done. Conjugations of the French Verb  Maigrir French verbs are a little tricky because there are more words to memorize than there are in English. Thats because the verb ending changes with each subject pronoun as well as each tense. However, they do become easier with each new conjugation you learn. Maigrir  is a  regular -ir verb  and it follows a relatively common verb conjugation pattern. If youve worked with words like finir (to finish), choisir (to choose), or many other verbs that end in -ir, then this should look familiar. Using the tables below, pair the subject pronoun of your sentence with the appropriate tense. For instance, I am losing weight in the first person of present tense is je maigris, while the future we will lose weight is nous maigrirons. You can use the example sentences to make memorizing of these conjugations a little easier. Present Indicative Je maigris Jemaigris I am on a diet. Tu maigris Toi, tu maigris aussi? You're on a diet, too? Il/Elle/On maigrit Sa barbe le maigrit. His beard makes him look thinner. Nous maigrissons Nousmaigrissons ensemble. C'est plus facile comme à §a. We are dieting together. It's easier that way. Vous maigrissez Vousmaigrissez un peu chaque jour. You are getting thinner every day. Ils/Elles maigrissent Mes à ©conomies maigrissent à   vue d'Å“il. My savings are disappearing by the minute. Compound Past Indicative The passà © composà © is a past tense that can be translated as the simple past or the present perfect. For the verb maigrir, it is formed with the auxiliary verb avoir and the past participle maigri​. J' ai maigri Je n'ai pas maigri beacoup. I didn't lose much weight. Tu asmaigri Tuasmaigri trop vite. Ce n'est pas bon. You lost weight too fast. That's not good. Il/Elle/On amaigri Ellea beaucoup maigri du visage. Her face got a lot thinner. Nous avonsmaigri Nousavonsmaigri 3kg depuis la semaine dernià ¨re. We lost 3kg since last week. Vous avezmaigri Vous n'avez rien maigri. You didn't lose any weight. Ils/Elles ontmaigri Les gens qui ontmaigri grà ¢ce à   ma mà ©thode sont en trà ¨s bonne santà ©. People who lost weight thanks to my method are very healthy. Imperfect Indicative The imperfect tense is another form of a past tense, but it is used to talk about ongoing or repeated actions in the past. Limparfait of the verb maigrir can be translated to English as was slimming down or used to slim down, although it can sometimes also be translated as the simple lost weight or slimmed down, depending on the context. Je maigrissais Jemaigrissais d'une faà §on inquià ©tante. I was losing weight in a worrisome way. Tu maigrissais Si tumaigrissais, je ne te parlerais plus. If you lost weight, I wouldn't talk to you anymore. Il/Elle/On maigrissait Et si on maigrissait sans faire de rà ©gimes? And if we started losing weight without dieting? Nous maigrissions Nousmaigrissions pour à ªtre moins, pour nous effacer progressivement. Mais on a appris à   s'aimer depuis. We were losing weight so there is less of us, to progressively erase ourselves. But we have since learned to love ourselves. Vous maigrissiez Vousmaigrissiez devant nos yeux. You were slimming down in front of our eyes. Ils/Elles maigrissaient Nous à ©tions si tristes qu'ellesmaigrissaient. We were so sad that they were dieting. Simple Future Indicative To talk about the future in English, in most cases we simply add the modal verb will. In French, however, the future tense is formed by adding different endings to the infinitive.   Je maigrirai Je ne maigrirai plus jamais. Never again will I get on a diet. Tu maigriras J'espà ¨re que tu ne maigriras pas. I hope you won't lose your weight. Il/Elle/On maigrira Ellemaigrira quand elle voudra. She'll lose weight when she wants. Nous maigrirons Nousmaigrirons seulement si c'est nà ©cessaire pour notre santà ©. We will only get on a diet if it's necessary for our health. Vous maigrirez Vousmaigrirez et vous reprendrez tout. You'll diet and you'll gain it all back. Ils/Elles maigriront Pour vous soutenir, ilsmaigriront avec vous. To support you, they will get on a diet with you. Near Future Indicative Another form of a future tense is the near future, the futur proche, which is the equivalent of the English going to verb. In French, the near future is formed with the present tense conjugation of the verb aller (to go) the infinitive (maigrir). Je vais maigrir Je ne pense pas que je vais maigrir. Je suis parfaite comme à §a. I don't think I'm going to lose weight. I'm perfect as I am. Tu vasmaigrir Pourquoi vas-tu maigrir? Simplement fais de l'exercice. Why are you going on a diet? Simply exercise. Il/Elle/On vamaigrir Elle ne va pas maigrir. Elle s'aime suffisamment. She's not going on a diet. She likes herself enough. Nous allonsmaigrir Nous allonsmaigrir avec la dià ¨te keto. We are going to lose weight with the keto diet. Vous allezmaigrir Vous allezmaigrir à   cause des modà ¨les dans les magazines? You are going to lose weight because of the models in magazines? Ils/Elles vontmaigrir Elles vontmaigrir?Mais pourquoi? Leurs corps sont parfaits! They are going to lose weight? But why? Their bodies are perfect! Conditional The conditional mood in French is equivalent to the English would verb. Notice that the endings it adds to the infinitive are very similar to those in the imperfect indicative. Je maigrirais Je ne maigrirais jamais, car toute ma famille est comme à §a. I could never lose weight; my whole family is this way. Tu maigrirais Si tu mangais moins, tu maigrirais. If you ate less, you would lose weight. Il/Elle/On maigrirait Et si on arrà ªtait le lait? On maigrirait. Ou pas. And if we quit milk? We'd start losing weight. Or not. Nous maigririons Nousmaigririons seulement si le mà ©decin l'ordonait. We would get on a diet only if the doctor prescribed it. Vous maigririez Si vous à ©tiez plus contents, vousmaigririez plus simplement. If you were more content, you would lose weight more easily. Ils/Elles maigriraient S'ils les aimaient inconditionellement, elles ne maigriraient pas. If they loved them unconditionally, they wouldn't be on a diet. Present Subjunctive The subjunctive mood conjugation of maigrir, which comes in after the expression que person, looks very much like the present indicative and past imperfect. Que je maigrisse Tu veux que jemaigrisse? Ben non, merci. You want me to lose weight? Well, no, thank you. Que tu maigrisses Il faut que tu ne maigrisses plus. It is important that you stop losing weight. Qu'il/elle/on maigrisse Je ne veux pas qu'ellemaigrisse plus. I don't want her to lose any more weight. Que nous maigrissions Il est naturel que nousmaigrissions avec cet nourriture. It's natural that we would lose weight on this food. Que vous maigrissiez Il aime mieux que vous ne maigrissiez pas. He prefers that you don't lose weight. Qu'ils/elles maigrissent Je vais empà ªcher qu'ilsmaigrissent. I am going to prevent them from going on a diet. Imperative The imperative mood is used to express demands, requests, direct exclamations, or to give commands, both positive and negative. They have the same verb form, but the negative commands include ne...pas, ne...plus, or ne...jamais around the verb. Positive Commands Tu maigris! Maigris en mangeant bien! Lose weight but eat healthy too! Nous maigrissons! L'à ©tà © s'approche, maigrissons! The summer is coming, let's lose weight! Vous maigrissez! Votre santà © est en danger. Maigrissez! Your health is in danger. Lose weight! Negative Commands Tu ne maigris pas! Ne maigris plus! Stop losing weight! Nous ne maigrissons pas! Ne maigrissons plus jamais! Let's never get on a diet again! Vous ne maigrissez pas! Ne maigrissez pas tous seuls! Don't try to lose weight alone! Present Participle/Gerund Present participle of maigrir is maigrissant and as such it can be used as an adjective, a noun, or a gerund (usually preceded by the preposition en). Use gerunds specifically when you want to talk about simultaneous actions. Present Participle/Gerund of Maigrir maigrissant En maigrissant, il a perdu beaucoup de ses cheveux. While losing weight, he lost a lot of his hair.