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papoter: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je papote tu papotes il/elle papote nous papotons vous papotez ils/elles papotent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai papoté tu as papoté il/elle a papoté nous avons papoté vous avez papoté ils/elles ont papoté Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je papotais tu papotais il/elle papotait nous papotions vous papotiez ils/elles papotaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais papoté tu avais papoté il/elle avait papoté nous avions papoté vous aviez papoté ils/elles avaient papoté Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je papoterai tu papoteras il/elle papotera nous papoterons vous papoterez ils/elles papoteront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai papoté tu auras papoté il/elle aura papoté nous aurons papoté vous aurez papoté ils/elles auront papoté Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je papoterais tu papoterais il/elle papoterait nous papoterions vous papoteriez ils/elles papoteraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais papoté tu aurais papoté il/elle aurait papoté nous aurions papoté vous auriez papoté ils/elles auraient papoté Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je papote tu papotes il/elle papote nous papotions vous papotiez ils/elles papotent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie papoté tu aies papoté il/elle ait papoté nous ayons papoté vous ayez papoté ils/elles aient papoté Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je papotai tu papotas il/elle papota nous papotâmes vous papotâtes ils/elles papotèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus papoté tu eus papoté il/elle eut papoté nous eûmes papoté vous eûtes papoté ils/elles eurent papoté 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.