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monter: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je monte tu montes il/elle monte nous montons vous montez ils/elles montent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai monté tu as monté il/elle a monté nous avons monté vous avez monté ils/elles ont monté Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je montais tu montais il/elle montait nous montions vous montiez ils/elles montaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais monté tu avais monté il/elle avait monté nous avions monté vous aviez monté ils/elles avaient monté Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je monterai tu monteras il/elle montera nous monterons vous monterez ils/elles monteront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai monté tu auras monté il/elle aura monté nous aurons monté vous aurez monté ils/elles auront monté Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je monterais tu monterais il/elle monterait nous monterions vous monteriez ils/elles monteraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais monté tu aurais monté il/elle aurait monté nous aurions monté vous auriez monté ils/elles auraient monté Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je monte tu montes il/elle monte nous montions vous montiez ils/elles montent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie monté tu aies monté il/elle ait monté nous ayons monté vous ayez monté ils/elles aient monté Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je montai tu montas il/elle monta nous montâmes vous montâtes ils/elles montèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus monté tu eus monté il/elle eut monté nous eûmes monté vous eûtes monté ils/elles eurent monté 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.