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piocher: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je pioche tu pioches il/elle pioche nous piochons vous piochez ils/elles piochent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai pioché tu as pioché il/elle a pioché nous avons pioché vous avez pioché ils/elles ont pioché Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je piochais tu piochais il/elle piochait nous piochions vous piochiez ils/elles piochaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais pioché tu avais pioché il/elle avait pioché nous avions pioché vous aviez pioché ils/elles avaient pioché Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je piocherai tu piocheras il/elle piochera nous piocherons vous piocherez ils/elles piocheront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai pioché tu auras pioché il/elle aura pioché nous aurons pioché vous aurez pioché ils/elles auront pioché Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je piocherais tu piocherais il/elle piocherait nous piocherions vous piocheriez ils/elles piocheraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais pioché tu aurais pioché il/elle aurait pioché nous aurions pioché vous auriez pioché ils/elles auraient pioché Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je pioche tu pioches il/elle pioche nous piochions vous piochiez ils/elles piochent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie pioché tu aies pioché il/elle ait pioché nous ayons pioché vous ayez pioché ils/elles aient pioché Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je piochai tu piochas il/elle piocha nous piochâmes vous piochâtes ils/elles piochèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus pioché tu eus pioché il/elle eut pioché nous eûmes pioché vous eûtes pioché ils/elles eurent pioché 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.