lier: Conjugation

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

PresentPerfect

jelie
tulies
il/ellelie
nouslions
vousliez
ils/elleslient
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j'ai lié
tuas lié
il/ellea lié
nousavons lié
vousavez lié
ils/ellesont lié
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ImperfectPluperfect

jeliais
tuliais
il/elleliait
nousliions
vousliiez
ils/ellesliaient
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j'avais lié
tuavais lié
il/elleavait lié
nousavions lié
vousaviez lié
ils/ellesavaient lié
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FutureFuture-perfect

jelierai
tulieras
il/elleliera
nouslierons
vouslierez
ils/elleslieront
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j'aurai lié
tuauras lié
il/elleaura lié
nousaurons lié
vousaurez lié
ils/ellesauront lié
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ConditionalConditional perfect

jelierais
tulierais
il/ellelierait
nouslierions
vouslieriez
ils/elleslieraient
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j'aurais lié
tuaurais lié
il/elleaurait lié
nousaurions lié
vousauriez lié
ils/ellesauraient lié
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Present subjunctivePerfect subjunctive

jelie
tulies
il/ellelie
nousliions
vousliiez
ils/elleslient
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j'aie lié
tuaies lié
il/elleait lié
nousayons lié
vousayez lié
ils/ellesaient lié
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Past historicPast anterior

jeliai
tulias
il/ellelia
nousliâmes
vousliâtes
ils/elleslièrent
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j'eus lié
tueus lié
il/elleeut lié
nouseûmes lié
vouseûtes lié
ils/elleseurent lié
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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.