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montrer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je montre tu montres il/elle montre nous montrons vous montrez ils/elles montrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai montré tu as montré il/elle a montré nous avons montré vous avez montré ils/elles ont montré Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je montrais tu montrais il/elle montrait nous montrions vous montriez ils/elles montraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais montré tu avais montré il/elle avait montré nous avions montré vous aviez montré ils/elles avaient montré Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je montrerai tu montreras il/elle montrera nous montrerons vous montrerez ils/elles montreront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai montré tu auras montré il/elle aura montré nous aurons montré vous aurez montré ils/elles auront montré Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je montrerais tu montrerais il/elle montrerait nous montrerions vous montreriez ils/elles montreraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais montré tu aurais montré il/elle aurait montré nous aurions montré vous auriez montré ils/elles auraient montré Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je montre tu montres il/elle montre nous montrions vous montriez ils/elles montrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie montré tu aies montré il/elle ait montré nous ayons montré vous ayez montré ils/elles aient montré Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je montrai tu montras il/elle montra nous montrâmes vous montrâtes ils/elles montrèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus montré tu eus montré il/elle eut montré nous eûmes montré vous eûtes montré ils/elles eurent montré 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.