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aimer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' aime tu aimes il/elle aime nous aimons vous aimez ils/elles aiment Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai aimé tu as aimé il/elle a aimé nous avons aimé vous avez aimé ils/elles ont aimé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' aimais tu aimais il/elle aimait nous aimions vous aimiez ils/elles aimaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais aimé tu avais aimé il/elle avait aimé nous avions aimé vous aviez aimé ils/elles avaient aimé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' aimerai tu aimeras il/elle aimera nous aimerons vous aimerez ils/elles aimeront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai aimé tu auras aimé il/elle aura aimé nous aurons aimé vous aurez aimé ils/elles auront aimé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' aimerais tu aimerais il/elle aimerait nous aimerions vous aimeriez ils/elles aimeraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais aimé tu aurais aimé il/elle aurait aimé nous aurions aimé vous auriez aimé ils/elles auraient aimé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' aime tu aimes il/elle aime nous aimions vous aimiez ils/elles aiment Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie aimé tu aies aimé il/elle ait aimé nous ayons aimé vous ayez aimé ils/elles aient aimé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' aimai tu aimas il/elle aima nous aimâmes vous aimâtes ils/elles aimèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus aimé tu eus aimé il/elle eut aimé nous eûmes aimé vous eûtes aimé ils/elles eurent aimé 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.