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distinguer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je distingue tu distingues il/elle distingue nous distinguons vous distinguez ils/elles distinguent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai distingué tu as distingué il/elle a distingué nous avons distingué vous avez distingué ils/elles ont distingué Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je distinguais tu distinguais il/elle distinguait nous distinguions vous distinguiez ils/elles distinguaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais distingué tu avais distingué il/elle avait distingué nous avions distingué vous aviez distingué ils/elles avaient distingué Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je distinguerai tu distingueras il/elle distinguera nous distinguerons vous distinguerez ils/elles distingueront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai distingué tu auras distingué il/elle aura distingué nous aurons distingué vous aurez distingué ils/elles auront distingué Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je distinguerais tu distinguerais il/elle distinguerait nous distinguerions vous distingueriez ils/elles distingueraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais distingué tu aurais distingué il/elle aurait distingué nous aurions distingué vous auriez distingué ils/elles auraient distingué Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je distingue tu distingues il/elle distingue nous distinguions vous distinguiez ils/elles distinguent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie distingué tu aies distingué il/elle ait distingué nous ayons distingué vous ayez distingué ils/elles aient distingué Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je distinguai tu distinguas il/elle distingua nous distinguâmes vous distinguâtes ils/elles distinguèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus distingué tu eus distingué il/elle eut distingué nous eûmes distingué vous eûtes distingué ils/elles eurent distingué 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.