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proposer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je propose tu proposes il/elle propose nous proposons vous proposez ils/elles proposent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai proposé tu as proposé il/elle a proposé nous avons proposé vous avez proposé ils/elles ont proposé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je proposais tu proposais il/elle proposait nous proposions vous proposiez ils/elles proposaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais proposé tu avais proposé il/elle avait proposé nous avions proposé vous aviez proposé ils/elles avaient proposé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je proposerai tu proposeras il/elle proposera nous proposerons vous proposerez ils/elles proposeront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai proposé tu auras proposé il/elle aura proposé nous aurons proposé vous aurez proposé ils/elles auront proposé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je proposerais tu proposerais il/elle proposerait nous proposerions vous proposeriez ils/elles proposeraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais proposé tu aurais proposé il/elle aurait proposé nous aurions proposé vous auriez proposé ils/elles auraient proposé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je propose tu proposes il/elle propose nous proposions vous proposiez ils/elles proposent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie proposé tu aies proposé il/elle ait proposé nous ayons proposé vous ayez proposé ils/elles aient proposé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je proposai tu proposas il/elle proposa nous proposâmes vous proposâtes ils/elles proposèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus proposé tu eus proposé il/elle eut proposé nous eûmes proposé vous eûtes proposé ils/elles eurent proposé 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.