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habiter: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' habite tu habites il/elle habite nous habitons vous habitez ils/elles habitent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai habité tu as habité il/elle a habité nous avons habité vous avez habité ils/elles ont habité Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' habitais tu habitais il/elle habitait nous habitions vous habitiez ils/elles habitaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais habité tu avais habité il/elle avait habité nous avions habité vous aviez habité ils/elles avaient habité Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' habiterai tu habiteras il/elle habitera nous habiterons vous habiterez ils/elles habiteront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai habité tu auras habité il/elle aura habité nous aurons habité vous aurez habité ils/elles auront habité Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' habiterais tu habiterais il/elle habiterait nous habiterions vous habiteriez ils/elles habiteraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais habité tu aurais habité il/elle aurait habité nous aurions habité vous auriez habité ils/elles auraient habité Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' habite tu habites il/elle habite nous habitions vous habitiez ils/elles habitent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie habité tu aies habité il/elle ait habité nous ayons habité vous ayez habité ils/elles aient habité Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' habitai tu habitas il/elle habita nous habitâmes vous habitâtes ils/elles habitèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus habité tu eus habité il/elle eut habité nous eûmes habité vous eûtes habité ils/elles eurent habité 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.