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inquiéter: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' inquiète tu inquiètes il/elle inquiète nous inquiétons vous inquiétez ils/elles inquiètent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai inquiété tu as inquiété il/elle a inquiété nous avons inquiété vous avez inquiété ils/elles ont inquiété Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' inquiétais tu inquiétais il/elle inquiétait nous inquiétions vous inquiétiez ils/elles inquiétaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais inquiété tu avais inquiété il/elle avait inquiété nous avions inquiété vous aviez inquiété ils/elles avaient inquiété Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' inquiéterai tu inquiéteras il/elle inquiétera nous inquiéterons vous inquiéterez ils/elles inquiéteront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai inquiété tu auras inquiété il/elle aura inquiété nous aurons inquiété vous aurez inquiété ils/elles auront inquiété Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' inquiéterais tu inquiéterais il/elle inquiéterait nous inquiéterions vous inquiéteriez ils/elles inquiéteraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais inquiété tu aurais inquiété il/elle aurait inquiété nous aurions inquiété vous auriez inquiété ils/elles auraient inquiété Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' inquiète tu inquiètes il/elle inquiète nous inquiétions vous inquiétiez ils/elles inquiètent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie inquiété tu aies inquiété il/elle ait inquiété nous ayons inquiété vous ayez inquiété ils/elles aient inquiété Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' inquiétai tu inquiétas il/elle inquiéta nous inquiétâmes vous inquiétâtes ils/elles inquiétèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus inquiété tu eus inquiété il/elle eut inquiété nous eûmes inquiété vous eûtes inquiété ils/elles eurent inquiété Pronounce these verb forms

This verb is essentially regular, except that the é vowel changes to è in some places. The change is basically as follows:

• The vowel changes wherever é would otherwise end up in a closed syllable– that is, in a syllable ending a consonant (the open [e] vowel essentially doesn't occur in closed syllables in French);
• In practice, that means in the present tense (indicative and subjunctive) except in the nous and vous forms;
• In terms of pronunciation, most speakers nowadays pronounce the conditional and future forms (préférerais etc) as though they were written préfèrerais etc. A few writers spell these forms to reflect the pronunciation. However, the traditional (and most widely adopted) spelling convention is the slightly misleading one shown here.