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couper: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je coupe tu coupes il/elle coupe nous coupons vous coupez ils/elles coupent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai coupé tu as coupé il/elle a coupé nous avons coupé vous avez coupé ils/elles ont coupé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je coupais tu coupais il/elle coupait nous coupions vous coupiez ils/elles coupaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais coupé tu avais coupé il/elle avait coupé nous avions coupé vous aviez coupé ils/elles avaient coupé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je couperai tu couperas il/elle coupera nous couperons vous couperez ils/elles couperont Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai coupé tu auras coupé il/elle aura coupé nous aurons coupé vous aurez coupé ils/elles auront coupé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je couperais tu couperais il/elle couperait nous couperions vous couperiez ils/elles couperaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais coupé tu aurais coupé il/elle aurait coupé nous aurions coupé vous auriez coupé ils/elles auraient coupé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je coupe tu coupes il/elle coupe nous coupions vous coupiez ils/elles coupent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie coupé tu aies coupé il/elle ait coupé nous ayons coupé vous ayez coupé ils/elles aient coupé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je coupai tu coupas il/elle coupa nous coupâmes vous coupâtes ils/elles coupèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus coupé tu eus coupé il/elle eut coupé nous eûmes coupé vous eûtes coupé ils/elles eurent coupé 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.