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emprunter: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' emprunte tu empruntes il/elle emprunte nous empruntons vous empruntez ils/elles empruntent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai emprunté tu as emprunté il/elle a emprunté nous avons emprunté vous avez emprunté ils/elles ont emprunté Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' empruntais tu empruntais il/elle empruntait nous empruntions vous empruntiez ils/elles empruntaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais emprunté tu avais emprunté il/elle avait emprunté nous avions emprunté vous aviez emprunté ils/elles avaient emprunté Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' emprunterai tu emprunteras il/elle empruntera nous emprunterons vous emprunterez ils/elles emprunteront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai emprunté tu auras emprunté il/elle aura emprunté nous aurons emprunté vous aurez emprunté ils/elles auront emprunté Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' emprunterais tu emprunterais il/elle emprunterait nous emprunterions vous emprunteriez ils/elles emprunteraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais emprunté tu aurais emprunté il/elle aurait emprunté nous aurions emprunté vous auriez emprunté ils/elles auraient emprunté Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' emprunte tu empruntes il/elle emprunte nous empruntions vous empruntiez ils/elles empruntent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie emprunté tu aies emprunté il/elle ait emprunté nous ayons emprunté vous ayez emprunté ils/elles aient emprunté Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' empruntai tu empruntas il/elle emprunta nous empruntâmes vous empruntâtes ils/elles empruntèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus emprunté tu eus emprunté il/elle eut emprunté nous eûmes emprunté vous eûtes emprunté ils/elles eurent emprunté 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.