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mâcher: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je mâche tu mâches il/elle mâche nous mâchons vous mâchez ils/elles mâchent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai mâché tu as mâché il/elle a mâché nous avons mâché vous avez mâché ils/elles ont mâché Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je mâchais tu mâchais il/elle mâchait nous mâchions vous mâchiez ils/elles mâchaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais mâché tu avais mâché il/elle avait mâché nous avions mâché vous aviez mâché ils/elles avaient mâché Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je mâcherai tu mâcheras il/elle mâchera nous mâcherons vous mâcherez ils/elles mâcheront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai mâché tu auras mâché il/elle aura mâché nous aurons mâché vous aurez mâché ils/elles auront mâché Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je mâcherais tu mâcherais il/elle mâcherait nous mâcherions vous mâcheriez ils/elles mâcheraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais mâché tu aurais mâché il/elle aurait mâché nous aurions mâché vous auriez mâché ils/elles auraient mâché Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je mâche tu mâches il/elle mâche nous mâchions vous mâchiez ils/elles mâchent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie mâché tu aies mâché il/elle ait mâché nous ayons mâché vous ayez mâché ils/elles aient mâché Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je mâchai tu mâchas il/elle mâcha nous mâchâmes vous mâchâtes ils/elles mâchèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus mâché tu eus mâché il/elle eut mâché nous eûmes mâché vous eûtes mâché ils/elles eurent mâché 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.