se laver: Conjugation

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

PresentPerfect

jeme lave
tute laves
il/ellese lave
nousnous lavons
vousvous lavez
ils/ellesse lavent
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jeme suis lavé(e)
tut'es lavé(e)
il/elles'est lavé(e)
nousnous sommes lavé(e)s
vousvous êtes lavé(e)(s)
ils/ellesse sont lavé(e)s
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ImperfectPluperfect

jeme lavais
tute lavais
il/ellese lavait
nousnous lavions
vousvous laviez
ils/ellesse lavaient
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jem'étais lavé(e)
tut'étais lavé(e)
il/elles'était lavé(e)
nousnous étions lavé(e)s
vousvous étiez lavé(e)(s)
ils/elless'étaient lavé(e)s
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FutureFuture-perfect

jeme laverai
tute laveras
il/ellese lavera
nousnous laverons
vousvous laverez
ils/ellesse laveront
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jeme serai lavé(e)
tute seras lavé(e)
il/ellese sera lavé(e)
nousnous serons lavé(e)s
vousvous serez lavé(e)(s)
ils/ellesse seront lavé(e)s
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ConditionalConditional perfect

jeme laverais
tute laverais
il/ellese laverait
nousnous laverions
vousvous laveriez
ils/ellesse laveraient
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jeme serais lavé(e)
tute serais lavé(e)
il/ellese serait lavé(e)
nousnous serions lavé(e)s
vousvous seriez lavé(e)(s)
ils/ellesse seraient lavé(e)s
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Present subjunctivePerfect subjunctive

jeme lave
tute laves
il/ellese lave
nousnous lavions
vousvous laviez
ils/ellesse lavent
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jeme sois lavé(e)
tute sois lavé(e)
il/ellese soit lavé(e)
nousnous soyons lavé(e)s
vousvous soyez lavé(e)(s)
ils/ellesse soient lavé(e)s
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Past historicPast anterior

jeme lavai
tute lavas
il/ellese lava
nousnous lavâmes
vousvous lavâtes
ils/ellesse lavèrent
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jeme fus lavé(e)
tute fus lavé(e)
il/ellese fut lavé(e)
nousnous fûmes lavé(e)s
vousvous fûtes lavé(e)(s)
ils/ellesse furent lavé(e)s
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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:

1. Outside the regular -er paradigm, only aller, être and naître have past participles ending in .
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.