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No. 9,891 in French

finish

The French word "finish" is not native; you might mean **"finir"**, which means **"to finish"** or **"to end"** in English.

In a sentence

  • J'ai fini mes devoirs hier soir.

    I finished my homework last night.

    The verb "fini" is the past participle of "finir" and is used here to indicate the completion of an action in the past.

  • Nous attendons que tu finisses de lire.

    We are waiting for you to finish reading.

    The verb "finisses" is in the present subjunctive mood, expressing an action dependent on another action.

  • Elle finira le projet d'ici demain.

    She will finish the project by tomorrow.

    The verb "finira" is in the future tense, indicating a planned event that will occur.

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