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raconter: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je raconte tu racontes il/elle raconte nous racontons vous racontez ils/elles racontent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai raconté tu as raconté il/elle a raconté nous avons raconté vous avez raconté ils/elles ont raconté Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je racontais tu racontais il/elle racontait nous racontions vous racontiez ils/elles racontaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais raconté tu avais raconté il/elle avait raconté nous avions raconté vous aviez raconté ils/elles avaient raconté Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je raconterai tu raconteras il/elle racontera nous raconterons vous raconterez ils/elles raconteront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai raconté tu auras raconté il/elle aura raconté nous aurons raconté vous aurez raconté ils/elles auront raconté Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je raconterais tu raconterais il/elle raconterait nous raconterions vous raconteriez ils/elles raconteraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais raconté tu aurais raconté il/elle aurait raconté nous aurions raconté vous auriez raconté ils/elles auraient raconté Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je raconte tu racontes il/elle raconte nous racontions vous racontiez ils/elles racontent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie raconté tu aies raconté il/elle ait raconté nous ayons raconté vous ayez raconté ils/elles aient raconté Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je racontai tu racontas il/elle raconta nous racontâmes vous racontâtes ils/elles racontèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus raconté tu eus raconté il/elle eut raconté nous eûmes raconté vous eûtes raconté ils/elles eurent raconté 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.