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couver: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je couve tu couves il/elle couve nous couvons vous couvez ils/elles couvent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai couvé tu as couvé il/elle a couvé nous avons couvé vous avez couvé ils/elles ont couvé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je couvais tu couvais il/elle couvait nous couvions vous couviez ils/elles couvaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais couvé tu avais couvé il/elle avait couvé nous avions couvé vous aviez couvé ils/elles avaient couvé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je couverai tu couveras il/elle couvera nous couverons vous couverez ils/elles couveront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai couvé tu auras couvé il/elle aura couvé nous aurons couvé vous aurez couvé ils/elles auront couvé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je couverais tu couverais il/elle couverait nous couverions vous couveriez ils/elles couveraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais couvé tu aurais couvé il/elle aurait couvé nous aurions couvé vous auriez couvé ils/elles auraient couvé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je couve tu couves il/elle couve nous couvions vous couviez ils/elles couvent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie couvé tu aies couvé il/elle ait couvé nous ayons couvé vous ayez couvé ils/elles aient couvé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je couvai tu couvas il/elle couva nous couvâmes vous couvâtes ils/elles couvèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus couvé tu eus couvé il/elle eut couvé nous eûmes couvé vous eûtes couvé ils/elles eurent couvé 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.