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harceler: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je harcèle tu harcèles il/elle harcèle nous harcelons vous harcelez ils/elles harcèlent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai harcelé tu as harcelé il/elle a harcelé nous avons harcelé vous avez harcelé ils/elles ont harcelé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je harcelais tu harcelais il/elle harcelait nous harcelions vous harceliez ils/elles harcelaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais harcelé tu avais harcelé il/elle avait harcelé nous avions harcelé vous aviez harcelé ils/elles avaient harcelé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je harcèlerai tu harcèleras il/elle harcèlera nous harcèlerons vous harcèlerez ils/elles harcèleront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai harcelé tu auras harcelé il/elle aura harcelé nous aurons harcelé vous aurez harcelé ils/elles auront harcelé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je harcèlerais tu harcèlerais il/elle harcèlerait nous harcèlerions vous harcèleriez ils/elles harcèleraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais harcelé tu aurais harcelé il/elle aurait harcelé nous aurions harcelé vous auriez harcelé ils/elles auraient harcelé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je harcèle tu harcèles il/elle harcèle nous harcelions vous harceliez ils/elles harcèlent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie harcelé tu aies harcelé il/elle ait harcelé nous ayons harcelé vous ayez harcelé ils/elles aient harcelé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je harcelai tu harcelas il/elle harcela nous harcelâmes vous harcelâtes ils/elles harcelèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus harcelé tu eus harcelé il/elle eut harcelé nous eûmes harcelé vous eûtes harcelé ils/elles eurent harcelé Pronounce these verb forms

This verb is essentially a regular -er verb like arriver, donner etc, except that the vowel of the stem changes from a schwa (written e and often ellided) to è. The vowel changes occurs:

• Before non-syllabic endings in the present tense (i.e. except in the nous and vous forms);
• Throughout the future and conditional tenses.

(This vowel change is probably driven by the fact that the schwa does not occur in closed syllables in French. Unfortunately syllabification does not fully explain the future and conditional forms since, e.g. a-che-trai and ach'-trai would in terms of syllabification be well-defined.)

For some verbs ending in -eter and -eler, it is not universally agreed whether to adopt the e grave spelling as given here, or to double the l or t. For a full discussion of this issue, see my discussion of the spelling of -eter and -eler verbs.