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quitter: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je quitte tu quittes il/elle quitte nous quittons vous quittez ils/elles quittent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai quitté tu as quitté il/elle a quitté nous avons quitté vous avez quitté ils/elles ont quitté Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je quittais tu quittais il/elle quittait nous quittions vous quittiez ils/elles quittaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais quitté tu avais quitté il/elle avait quitté nous avions quitté vous aviez quitté ils/elles avaient quitté Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je quitterai tu quitteras il/elle quittera nous quitterons vous quitterez ils/elles quitteront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai quitté tu auras quitté il/elle aura quitté nous aurons quitté vous aurez quitté ils/elles auront quitté Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je quitterais tu quitterais il/elle quitterait nous quitterions vous quitteriez ils/elles quitteraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais quitté tu aurais quitté il/elle aurait quitté nous aurions quitté vous auriez quitté ils/elles auraient quitté Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je quitte tu quittes il/elle quitte nous quittions vous quittiez ils/elles quittent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie quitté tu aies quitté il/elle ait quitté nous ayons quitté vous ayez quitté ils/elles aient quitté Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je quittai tu quittas il/elle quitta nous quittâmes vous quittâtes ils/elles quittèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus quitté tu eus quitté il/elle eut quitté nous eûmes quitté vous eûtes quitté ils/elles eurent quitté 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.