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exister: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' existe tu existes il/elle existe nous existons vous existez ils/elles existent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai existé tu as existé il/elle a existé nous avons existé vous avez existé ils/elles ont existé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' existais tu existais il/elle existait nous existions vous existiez ils/elles existaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais existé tu avais existé il/elle avait existé nous avions existé vous aviez existé ils/elles avaient existé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' existerai tu existeras il/elle existera nous existerons vous existerez ils/elles existeront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai existé tu auras existé il/elle aura existé nous aurons existé vous aurez existé ils/elles auront existé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' existerais tu existerais il/elle existerait nous existerions vous existeriez ils/elles existeraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais existé tu aurais existé il/elle aurait existé nous aurions existé vous auriez existé ils/elles auraient existé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' existe tu existes il/elle existe nous existions vous existiez ils/elles existent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie existé tu aies existé il/elle ait existé nous ayons existé vous ayez existé ils/elles aient existé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' existai tu existas il/elle exista nous existâmes vous existâtes ils/elles existèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus existé tu eus existé il/elle eut existé nous eûmes existé vous eûtes existé ils/elles eurent existé 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.