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balbutier: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je balbutie tu balbuties il/elle balbutie nous balbutions vous balbutiez ils/elles balbutient Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai balbutié tu as balbutié il/elle a balbutié nous avons balbutié vous avez balbutié ils/elles ont balbutié Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je balbutiais tu balbutiais il/elle balbutiait nous balbutiions vous balbutiiez ils/elles balbutiaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais balbutié tu avais balbutié il/elle avait balbutié nous avions balbutié vous aviez balbutié ils/elles avaient balbutié Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je balbutierai tu balbutieras il/elle balbutiera nous balbutierons vous balbutierez ils/elles balbutieront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai balbutié tu auras balbutié il/elle aura balbutié nous aurons balbutié vous aurez balbutié ils/elles auront balbutié Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je balbutierais tu balbutierais il/elle balbutierait nous balbutierions vous balbutieriez ils/elles balbutieraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais balbutié tu aurais balbutié il/elle aurait balbutié nous aurions balbutié vous auriez balbutié ils/elles auraient balbutié Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je balbutie tu balbuties il/elle balbutie nous balbutiions vous balbutiiez ils/elles balbutient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie balbutié tu aies balbutié il/elle ait balbutié nous ayons balbutié vous ayez balbutié ils/elles aient balbutié Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je balbutiai tu balbutias il/elle balbutia nous balbutiâmes vous balbutiâtes ils/elles balbutièrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus balbutié tu eus balbutié il/elle eut balbutié nous eûmes balbutié vous eûtes balbutié ils/elles eurent balbutié 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.