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imaginer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' imagine tu imagines il/elle imagine nous imaginons vous imaginez ils/elles imaginent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai imaginé tu as imaginé il/elle a imaginé nous avons imaginé vous avez imaginé ils/elles ont imaginé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' imaginais tu imaginais il/elle imaginait nous imaginions vous imaginiez ils/elles imaginaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais imaginé tu avais imaginé il/elle avait imaginé nous avions imaginé vous aviez imaginé ils/elles avaient imaginé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' imaginerai tu imagineras il/elle imaginera nous imaginerons vous imaginerez ils/elles imagineront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai imaginé tu auras imaginé il/elle aura imaginé nous aurons imaginé vous aurez imaginé ils/elles auront imaginé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' imaginerais tu imaginerais il/elle imaginerait nous imaginerions vous imagineriez ils/elles imagineraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais imaginé tu aurais imaginé il/elle aurait imaginé nous aurions imaginé vous auriez imaginé ils/elles auraient imaginé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' imagine tu imagines il/elle imagine nous imaginions vous imaginiez ils/elles imaginent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie imaginé tu aies imaginé il/elle ait imaginé nous ayons imaginé vous ayez imaginé ils/elles aient imaginé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' imaginai tu imaginas il/elle imagina nous imaginâmes vous imaginâtes ils/elles imaginèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus imaginé tu eus imaginé il/elle eut imaginé nous eûmes imaginé vous eûtes imaginé ils/elles eurent imaginé 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.