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motiver: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je motive tu motives il/elle motive nous motivons vous motivez ils/elles motivent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai motivé tu as motivé il/elle a motivé nous avons motivé vous avez motivé ils/elles ont motivé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je motivais tu motivais il/elle motivait nous motivions vous motiviez ils/elles motivaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais motivé tu avais motivé il/elle avait motivé nous avions motivé vous aviez motivé ils/elles avaient motivé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je motiverai tu motiveras il/elle motivera nous motiverons vous motiverez ils/elles motiveront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai motivé tu auras motivé il/elle aura motivé nous aurons motivé vous aurez motivé ils/elles auront motivé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je motiverais tu motiverais il/elle motiverait nous motiverions vous motiveriez ils/elles motiveraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais motivé tu aurais motivé il/elle aurait motivé nous aurions motivé vous auriez motivé ils/elles auraient motivé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je motive tu motives il/elle motive nous motivions vous motiviez ils/elles motivent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie motivé tu aies motivé il/elle ait motivé nous ayons motivé vous ayez motivé ils/elles aient motivé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je motivai tu motivas il/elle motiva nous motivâmes vous motivâtes ils/elles motivèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus motivé tu eus motivé il/elle eut motivé nous eûmes motivé vous eûtes motivé ils/elles eurent motivé 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.