écouter: Conjugation

The écouter conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb écouter according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of écouter, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of écouter at the end of this page.

PresentPerfect

j'écoute
tuécoutes
il/elleécoute
nousécoutons
vousécoutez
ils/ellesécoutent
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j'ai écouté
tuas écouté
il/ellea écouté
nousavons écouté
vousavez écouté
ils/ellesont écouté
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ImperfectPluperfect

j'écoutais
tuécoutais
il/elleécoutait
nousécoutions
vousécoutiez
ils/ellesécoutaient
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j'avais écouté
tuavais écouté
il/elleavait écouté
nousavions écouté
vousaviez écouté
ils/ellesavaient écouté
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FutureFuture-perfect

j'écouterai
tuécouteras
il/elleécoutera
nousécouterons
vousécouterez
ils/ellesécouteront
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j'aurai écouté
tuauras écouté
il/elleaura écouté
nousaurons écouté
vousaurez écouté
ils/ellesauront écouté
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ConditionalConditional perfect

j'écouterais
tuécouterais
il/elleécouterait
nousécouterions
vousécouteriez
ils/ellesécouteraient
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j'aurais écouté
tuaurais écouté
il/elleaurait écouté
nousaurions écouté
vousauriez écouté
ils/ellesauraient écouté
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Present subjunctivePerfect subjunctive

j'écoute
tuécoutes
il/elleécoute
nousécoutions
vousécoutiez
ils/ellesécoutent
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j'aie écouté
tuaies écouté
il/elleait écouté
nousayons écouté
vousayez écouté
ils/ellesaient écouté
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Past historicPast anterior

j'écoutai
tuécoutas
il/elleécouta
nousécoutâmes
vousécoutâtes
ils/ellesécoutèrent
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j'eus écouté
tueus écouté
il/elleeut écouté
nouseûmes écouté
vouseûtes écouté
ils/elleseurent écouté
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This verb follows the so-called regular -er verb pattern, the pattern followed by vast majority of verbs of the language, and by practically all new verbs entering the language.

The regular -er pattern has the following defining features:

1. Outside the regular -er paradigm, only aller, être and naître have past participles ending in .
2. Many other verb patterns, except verbs of the finir type plus a few other patterns, have an irregular vowel change, e.g. boire > je bois vs nous buvons. See the grammar section on irregular verb patterns in French for a list of the different vowel changes.