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filer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je file tu files il/elle file nous filons vous filez ils/elles filent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai filé tu as filé il/elle a filé nous avons filé vous avez filé ils/elles ont filé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je filais tu filais il/elle filait nous filions vous filiez ils/elles filaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais filé tu avais filé il/elle avait filé nous avions filé vous aviez filé ils/elles avaient filé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je filerai tu fileras il/elle filera nous filerons vous filerez ils/elles fileront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai filé tu auras filé il/elle aura filé nous aurons filé vous aurez filé ils/elles auront filé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je filerais tu filerais il/elle filerait nous filerions vous fileriez ils/elles fileraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais filé tu aurais filé il/elle aurait filé nous aurions filé vous auriez filé ils/elles auraient filé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je file tu files il/elle file nous filions vous filiez ils/elles filent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie filé tu aies filé il/elle ait filé nous ayons filé vous ayez filé ils/elles aient filé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je filai tu filas il/elle fila nous filâmes vous filâtes ils/elles filèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus filé tu eus filé il/elle eut filé nous eûmes filé vous eûtes filé ils/elles eurent filé 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.