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commander: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je commande tu commandes il/elle commande nous commandons vous commandez ils/elles commandent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai commandé tu as commandé il/elle a commandé nous avons commandé vous avez commandé ils/elles ont commandé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je commandais tu commandais il/elle commandait nous commandions vous commandiez ils/elles commandaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais commandé tu avais commandé il/elle avait commandé nous avions commandé vous aviez commandé ils/elles avaient commandé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je commanderai tu commanderas il/elle commandera nous commanderons vous commanderez ils/elles commanderont Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai commandé tu auras commandé il/elle aura commandé nous aurons commandé vous aurez commandé ils/elles auront commandé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je commanderais tu commanderais il/elle commanderait nous commanderions vous commanderiez ils/elles commanderaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais commandé tu aurais commandé il/elle aurait commandé nous aurions commandé vous auriez commandé ils/elles auraient commandé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je commande tu commandes il/elle commande nous commandions vous commandiez ils/elles commandent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie commandé tu aies commandé il/elle ait commandé nous ayons commandé vous ayez commandé ils/elles aient commandé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je commandai tu commandas il/elle commanda nous commandâmes vous commandâtes ils/elles commandèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus commandé tu eus commandé il/elle eut commandé nous eûmes commandé vous eûtes commandé ils/elles eurent commandé 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.