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examiner: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' examine tu examines il/elle examine nous examinons vous examinez ils/elles examinent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai examiné tu as examiné il/elle a examiné nous avons examiné vous avez examiné ils/elles ont examiné Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' examinais tu examinais il/elle examinait nous examinions vous examiniez ils/elles examinaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais examiné tu avais examiné il/elle avait examiné nous avions examiné vous aviez examiné ils/elles avaient examiné Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' examinerai tu examineras il/elle examinera nous examinerons vous examinerez ils/elles examineront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai examiné tu auras examiné il/elle aura examiné nous aurons examiné vous aurez examiné ils/elles auront examiné Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' examinerais tu examinerais il/elle examinerait nous examinerions vous examineriez ils/elles examineraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais examiné tu aurais examiné il/elle aurait examiné nous aurions examiné vous auriez examiné ils/elles auraient examiné Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' examine tu examines il/elle examine nous examinions vous examiniez ils/elles examinent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie examiné tu aies examiné il/elle ait examiné nous ayons examiné vous ayez examiné ils/elles aient examiné Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' examinai tu examinas il/elle examina nous examinâmes vous examinâtes ils/elles examinèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus examiné tu eus examiné il/elle eut examiné nous eûmes examiné vous eûtes examiné ils/elles eurent examiné 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.