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poser: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je pose tu poses il/elle pose nous posons vous posez ils/elles posent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai posé tu as posé il/elle a posé nous avons posé vous avez posé ils/elles ont posé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je posais tu posais il/elle posait nous posions vous posiez ils/elles posaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais posé tu avais posé il/elle avait posé nous avions posé vous aviez posé ils/elles avaient posé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je poserai tu poseras il/elle posera nous poserons vous poserez ils/elles poseront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai posé tu auras posé il/elle aura posé nous aurons posé vous aurez posé ils/elles auront posé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je poserais tu poserais il/elle poserait nous poserions vous poseriez ils/elles poseraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais posé tu aurais posé il/elle aurait posé nous aurions posé vous auriez posé ils/elles auraient posé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je pose tu poses il/elle pose nous posions vous posiez ils/elles posent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie posé tu aies posé il/elle ait posé nous ayons posé vous ayez posé ils/elles aient posé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je posai tu posas il/elle posa nous posâmes vous posâtes ils/elles posèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus posé tu eus posé il/elle eut posé nous eûmes posé vous eûtes posé ils/elles eurent posé 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.