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adapter: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' adapte tu adaptes il/elle adapte nous adaptons vous adaptez ils/elles adaptent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai adapté tu as adapté il/elle a adapté nous avons adapté vous avez adapté ils/elles ont adapté Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' adaptais tu adaptais il/elle adaptait nous adaptions vous adaptiez ils/elles adaptaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais adapté tu avais adapté il/elle avait adapté nous avions adapté vous aviez adapté ils/elles avaient adapté Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' adapterai tu adapteras il/elle adaptera nous adapterons vous adapterez ils/elles adapteront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai adapté tu auras adapté il/elle aura adapté nous aurons adapté vous aurez adapté ils/elles auront adapté Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' adapterais tu adapterais il/elle adapterait nous adapterions vous adapteriez ils/elles adapteraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais adapté tu aurais adapté il/elle aurait adapté nous aurions adapté vous auriez adapté ils/elles auraient adapté Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' adapte tu adaptes il/elle adapte nous adaptions vous adaptiez ils/elles adaptent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie adapté tu aies adapté il/elle ait adapté nous ayons adapté vous ayez adapté ils/elles aient adapté Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' adaptai tu adaptas il/elle adapta nous adaptâmes vous adaptâtes ils/elles adaptèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus adapté tu eus adapté il/elle eut adapté nous eûmes adapté vous eûtes adapté ils/elles eurent adapté Pronounce these verb forms

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:

• No characteristic consonant (contrast, for example, with verbs following the finir or dormir patterns, which have a characteristic -ss- and -m- in all forms but the present tense singular);
• No vowel change in the stem, other than where necessary to respect general patterns of French phonology (e.g. see préférer)²;
• Past participle in -é¹.

1. Outside the regular -er paradigm, only aller, être and naître have past participles ending in -é.
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.