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gagner: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je gagne tu gagnes il/elle gagne nous gagnons vous gagnez ils/elles gagnent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai gagné tu as gagné il/elle a gagné nous avons gagné vous avez gagné ils/elles ont gagné Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je gagnais tu gagnais il/elle gagnait nous gagnions vous gagniez ils/elles gagnaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais gagné tu avais gagné il/elle avait gagné nous avions gagné vous aviez gagné ils/elles avaient gagné Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je gagnerai tu gagneras il/elle gagnera nous gagnerons vous gagnerez ils/elles gagneront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai gagné tu auras gagné il/elle aura gagné nous aurons gagné vous aurez gagné ils/elles auront gagné Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je gagnerais tu gagnerais il/elle gagnerait nous gagnerions vous gagneriez ils/elles gagneraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais gagné tu aurais gagné il/elle aurait gagné nous aurions gagné vous auriez gagné ils/elles auraient gagné Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je gagne tu gagnes il/elle gagne nous gagnions vous gagniez ils/elles gagnent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie gagné tu aies gagné il/elle ait gagné nous ayons gagné vous ayez gagné ils/elles aient gagné Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je gagnai tu gagnas il/elle gagna nous gagnâmes vous gagnâtes ils/elles gagnèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus gagné tu eus gagné il/elle eut gagné nous eûmes gagné vous eûtes gagné ils/elles eurent gagné 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.