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prier: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je prie tu pries il/elle prie nous prions vous priez ils/elles prient Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai prié tu as prié il/elle a prié nous avons prié vous avez prié ils/elles ont prié Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je priais tu priais il/elle priait nous priions vous priiez ils/elles priaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais prié tu avais prié il/elle avait prié nous avions prié vous aviez prié ils/elles avaient prié Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je prierai tu prieras il/elle priera nous prierons vous prierez ils/elles prieront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai prié tu auras prié il/elle aura prié nous aurons prié vous aurez prié ils/elles auront prié Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je prierais tu prierais il/elle prierait nous prierions vous prieriez ils/elles prieraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais prié tu aurais prié il/elle aurait prié nous aurions prié vous auriez prié ils/elles auraient prié Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je prie tu pries il/elle prie nous priions vous priiez ils/elles prient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie prié tu aies prié il/elle ait prié nous ayons prié vous ayez prié ils/elles aient prié Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je priai tu prias il/elle pria nous priâmes vous priâtes ils/elles prièrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus prié tu eus prié il/elle eut prié nous eûmes prié vous eûtes prié ils/elles eurent prié 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.