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améliorer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' améliore tu améliores il/elle améliore nous améliorons vous améliorez ils/elles améliorent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai amélioré tu as amélioré il/elle a amélioré nous avons amélioré vous avez amélioré ils/elles ont amélioré Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' améliorais tu améliorais il/elle améliorait nous améliorions vous amélioriez ils/elles amélioraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais amélioré tu avais amélioré il/elle avait amélioré nous avions amélioré vous aviez amélioré ils/elles avaient amélioré Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' améliorerai tu amélioreras il/elle améliorera nous améliorerons vous améliorerez ils/elles amélioreront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai amélioré tu auras amélioré il/elle aura amélioré nous aurons amélioré vous aurez amélioré ils/elles auront amélioré Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' améliorerais tu améliorerais il/elle améliorerait nous améliorerions vous amélioreriez ils/elles amélioreraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais amélioré tu aurais amélioré il/elle aurait amélioré nous aurions amélioré vous auriez amélioré ils/elles auraient amélioré Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' améliore tu améliores il/elle améliore nous améliorions vous amélioriez ils/elles améliorent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie amélioré tu aies amélioré il/elle ait amélioré nous ayons amélioré vous ayez amélioré ils/elles aient amélioré Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' améliorai tu amélioras il/elle améliora nous améliorâmes vous améliorâtes ils/elles améliorèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus amélioré tu eus amélioré il/elle eut amélioré nous eûmes amélioré vous eûtes amélioré ils/elles eurent amélioré 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.