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pleurer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je pleure tu pleures il/elle pleure nous pleurons vous pleurez ils/elles pleurent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai pleuré tu as pleuré il/elle a pleuré nous avons pleuré vous avez pleuré ils/elles ont pleuré Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je pleurais tu pleurais il/elle pleurait nous pleurions vous pleuriez ils/elles pleuraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais pleuré tu avais pleuré il/elle avait pleuré nous avions pleuré vous aviez pleuré ils/elles avaient pleuré Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je pleurerai tu pleureras il/elle pleurera nous pleurerons vous pleurerez ils/elles pleureront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai pleuré tu auras pleuré il/elle aura pleuré nous aurons pleuré vous aurez pleuré ils/elles auront pleuré Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je pleurerais tu pleurerais il/elle pleurerait nous pleurerions vous pleureriez ils/elles pleureraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais pleuré tu aurais pleuré il/elle aurait pleuré nous aurions pleuré vous auriez pleuré ils/elles auraient pleuré Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je pleure tu pleures il/elle pleure nous pleurions vous pleuriez ils/elles pleurent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie pleuré tu aies pleuré il/elle ait pleuré nous ayons pleuré vous ayez pleuré ils/elles aient pleuré Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je pleurai tu pleuras il/elle pleura nous pleurâmes vous pleurâtes ils/elles pleurèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus pleuré tu eus pleuré il/elle eut pleuré nous eûmes pleuré vous eûtes pleuré ils/elles eurent pleuré 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.