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dîner: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je dîne tu dînes il/elle dîne nous dînons vous dînez ils/elles dînent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai dîné tu as dîné il/elle a dîné nous avons dîné vous avez dîné ils/elles ont dîné Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je dînais tu dînais il/elle dînait nous dînions vous dîniez ils/elles dînaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais dîné tu avais dîné il/elle avait dîné nous avions dîné vous aviez dîné ils/elles avaient dîné Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je dînerai tu dîneras il/elle dînera nous dînerons vous dînerez ils/elles dîneront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai dîné tu auras dîné il/elle aura dîné nous aurons dîné vous aurez dîné ils/elles auront dîné Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je dînerais tu dînerais il/elle dînerait nous dînerions vous dîneriez ils/elles dîneraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais dîné tu aurais dîné il/elle aurait dîné nous aurions dîné vous auriez dîné ils/elles auraient dîné Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je dîne tu dînes il/elle dîne nous dînions vous dîniez ils/elles dînent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie dîné tu aies dîné il/elle ait dîné nous ayons dîné vous ayez dîné ils/elles aient dîné Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je dînai tu dînas il/elle dîna nous dînâmes vous dînâtes ils/elles dînèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus dîné tu eus dîné il/elle eut dîné nous eûmes dîné vous eûtes dîné ils/elles eurent dîné 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.