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douer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je doue tu doues il/elle doue nous douons vous douez ils/elles douent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai doué tu as doué il/elle a doué nous avons doué vous avez doué ils/elles ont doué Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je douais tu douais il/elle douait nous douions vous douiez ils/elles douaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais doué tu avais doué il/elle avait doué nous avions doué vous aviez doué ils/elles avaient doué Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je douerai tu doueras il/elle douera nous douerons vous douerez ils/elles doueront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai doué tu auras doué il/elle aura doué nous aurons doué vous aurez doué ils/elles auront doué Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je douerais tu douerais il/elle douerait nous douerions vous doueriez ils/elles doueraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais doué tu aurais doué il/elle aurait doué nous aurions doué vous auriez doué ils/elles auraient doué Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je doue tu doues il/elle doue nous douions vous douiez ils/elles douent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie doué tu aies doué il/elle ait doué nous ayons doué vous ayez doué ils/elles aient doué Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je douai tu douas il/elle doua nous douâmes vous douâtes ils/elles douèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus doué tu eus doué il/elle eut doué nous eûmes doué vous eûtes doué ils/elles eurent doué 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.