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combler: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je comble tu combles il/elle comble nous comblons vous comblez ils/elles comblent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai comblé tu as comblé il/elle a comblé nous avons comblé vous avez comblé ils/elles ont comblé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je comblais tu comblais il/elle comblait nous comblions vous combliez ils/elles comblaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais comblé tu avais comblé il/elle avait comblé nous avions comblé vous aviez comblé ils/elles avaient comblé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je comblerai tu combleras il/elle comblera nous comblerons vous comblerez ils/elles combleront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai comblé tu auras comblé il/elle aura comblé nous aurons comblé vous aurez comblé ils/elles auront comblé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je comblerais tu comblerais il/elle comblerait nous comblerions vous combleriez ils/elles combleraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais comblé tu aurais comblé il/elle aurait comblé nous aurions comblé vous auriez comblé ils/elles auraient comblé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je comble tu combles il/elle comble nous comblions vous combliez ils/elles comblent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie comblé tu aies comblé il/elle ait comblé nous ayons comblé vous ayez comblé ils/elles aient comblé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je comblai tu comblas il/elle combla nous comblâmes vous comblâtes ils/elles comblèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus comblé tu eus comblé il/elle eut comblé nous eûmes comblé vous eûtes comblé ils/elles eurent comblé 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.