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promener: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je promène tu promènes il/elle promène nous promenons vous promenez ils/elles promènent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai promené tu as promené il/elle a promené nous avons promené vous avez promené ils/elles ont promené Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je promenais tu promenais il/elle promenait nous promenions vous promeniez ils/elles promenaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais promené tu avais promené il/elle avait promené nous avions promené vous aviez promené ils/elles avaient promené Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je promènerai tu promèneras il/elle promènera nous promènerons vous promènerez ils/elles promèneront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai promené tu auras promené il/elle aura promené nous aurons promené vous aurez promené ils/elles auront promené Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je promènerais tu promènerais il/elle promènerait nous promènerions vous promèneriez ils/elles promèneraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais promené tu aurais promené il/elle aurait promené nous aurions promené vous auriez promené ils/elles auraient promené Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je promène tu promènes il/elle promène nous promenions vous promeniez ils/elles promènent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie promené tu aies promené il/elle ait promené nous ayons promené vous ayez promené ils/elles aient promené Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je promenai tu promenas il/elle promena nous promenâmes vous promenâtes ils/elles promenèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus promené tu eus promené il/elle eut promené nous eûmes promené vous eûtes promené ils/elles eurent promené Pronounce these verb forms

This verb is essentially a regular -er verb like arriver, donner etc, except that the vowel of the stem changes from a schwa (written e and often ellided) to è. The vowel changes occurs:

• Before non-syllabic endings in the present tense (i.e. except in the nous and vous forms);
• Throughout the future and conditional tenses.

(This vowel change is probably driven by the fact that the schwa does not occur in closed syllables in French. Unfortunately syllabification does not fully explain the future and conditional forms since, e.g. a-che-trai and ach'-trai would in terms of syllabification be well-defined.)

For some verbs ending in -eter and -eler, it is not universally agreed whether to adopt the e grave spelling as given here, or to double the l or t. For a full discussion of this issue, see my discussion of the spelling of -eter and -eler verbs.