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inventer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' invente tu inventes il/elle invente nous inventons vous inventez ils/elles inventent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai inventé tu as inventé il/elle a inventé nous avons inventé vous avez inventé ils/elles ont inventé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' inventais tu inventais il/elle inventait nous inventions vous inventiez ils/elles inventaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais inventé tu avais inventé il/elle avait inventé nous avions inventé vous aviez inventé ils/elles avaient inventé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' inventerai tu inventeras il/elle inventera nous inventerons vous inventerez ils/elles inventeront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai inventé tu auras inventé il/elle aura inventé nous aurons inventé vous aurez inventé ils/elles auront inventé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' inventerais tu inventerais il/elle inventerait nous inventerions vous inventeriez ils/elles inventeraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais inventé tu aurais inventé il/elle aurait inventé nous aurions inventé vous auriez inventé ils/elles auraient inventé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' invente tu inventes il/elle invente nous inventions vous inventiez ils/elles inventent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie inventé tu aies inventé il/elle ait inventé nous ayons inventé vous ayez inventé ils/elles aient inventé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' inventai tu inventas il/elle inventa nous inventâmes vous inventâtes ils/elles inventèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus inventé tu eus inventé il/elle eut inventé nous eûmes inventé vous eûtes inventé ils/elles eurent inventé 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.