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garder: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je garde tu gardes il/elle garde nous gardons vous gardez ils/elles gardent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai gardé tu as gardé il/elle a gardé nous avons gardé vous avez gardé ils/elles ont gardé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je gardais tu gardais il/elle gardait nous gardions vous gardiez ils/elles gardaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais gardé tu avais gardé il/elle avait gardé nous avions gardé vous aviez gardé ils/elles avaient gardé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je garderai tu garderas il/elle gardera nous garderons vous garderez ils/elles garderont Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai gardé tu auras gardé il/elle aura gardé nous aurons gardé vous aurez gardé ils/elles auront gardé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je garderais tu garderais il/elle garderait nous garderions vous garderiez ils/elles garderaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais gardé tu aurais gardé il/elle aurait gardé nous aurions gardé vous auriez gardé ils/elles auraient gardé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je garde tu gardes il/elle garde nous gardions vous gardiez ils/elles gardent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie gardé tu aies gardé il/elle ait gardé nous ayons gardé vous ayez gardé ils/elles aient gardé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je gardai tu gardas il/elle garda nous gardâmes vous gardâtes ils/elles gardèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus gardé tu eus gardé il/elle eut gardé nous eûmes gardé vous eûtes gardé ils/elles eurent gardé 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.