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continuer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je continue tu continues il/elle continue nous continuons vous continuez ils/elles continuent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai continué tu as continué il/elle a continué nous avons continué vous avez continué ils/elles ont continué Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je continuais tu continuais il/elle continuait nous continuions vous continuiez ils/elles continuaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais continué tu avais continué il/elle avait continué nous avions continué vous aviez continué ils/elles avaient continué Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je continuerai tu continueras il/elle continuera nous continuerons vous continuerez ils/elles continueront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai continué tu auras continué il/elle aura continué nous aurons continué vous aurez continué ils/elles auront continué Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je continuerais tu continuerais il/elle continuerait nous continuerions vous continueriez ils/elles continueraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais continué tu aurais continué il/elle aurait continué nous aurions continué vous auriez continué ils/elles auraient continué Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je continue tu continues il/elle continue nous continuions vous continuiez ils/elles continuent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie continué tu aies continué il/elle ait continué nous ayons continué vous ayez continué ils/elles aient continué Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je continuai tu continuas il/elle continua nous continuâmes vous continuâtes ils/elles continuèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus continué tu eus continué il/elle eut continué nous eûmes continué vous eûtes continué ils/elles eurent continué 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.