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freiner: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je freine tu freines il/elle freine nous freinons vous freinez ils/elles freinent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai freiné tu as freiné il/elle a freiné nous avons freiné vous avez freiné ils/elles ont freiné Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je freinais tu freinais il/elle freinait nous freinions vous freiniez ils/elles freinaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais freiné tu avais freiné il/elle avait freiné nous avions freiné vous aviez freiné ils/elles avaient freiné Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je freinerai tu freineras il/elle freinera nous freinerons vous freinerez ils/elles freineront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai freiné tu auras freiné il/elle aura freiné nous aurons freiné vous aurez freiné ils/elles auront freiné Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je freinerais tu freinerais il/elle freinerait nous freinerions vous freineriez ils/elles freineraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais freiné tu aurais freiné il/elle aurait freiné nous aurions freiné vous auriez freiné ils/elles auraient freiné Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je freine tu freines il/elle freine nous freinions vous freiniez ils/elles freinent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie freiné tu aies freiné il/elle ait freiné nous ayons freiné vous ayez freiné ils/elles aient freiné Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je freinai tu freinas il/elle freina nous freinâmes vous freinâtes ils/elles freinèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus freiné tu eus freiné il/elle eut freiné nous eûmes freiné vous eûtes freiné ils/elles eurent freiné 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.