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rattraper: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je rattrape tu rattrapes il/elle rattrape nous rattrapons vous rattrapez ils/elles rattrapent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai rattrapé tu as rattrapé il/elle a rattrapé nous avons rattrapé vous avez rattrapé ils/elles ont rattrapé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je rattrapais tu rattrapais il/elle rattrapait nous rattrapions vous rattrapiez ils/elles rattrapaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais rattrapé tu avais rattrapé il/elle avait rattrapé nous avions rattrapé vous aviez rattrapé ils/elles avaient rattrapé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je rattraperai tu rattraperas il/elle rattrapera nous rattraperons vous rattraperez ils/elles rattraperont Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai rattrapé tu auras rattrapé il/elle aura rattrapé nous aurons rattrapé vous aurez rattrapé ils/elles auront rattrapé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je rattraperais tu rattraperais il/elle rattraperait nous rattraperions vous rattraperiez ils/elles rattraperaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais rattrapé tu aurais rattrapé il/elle aurait rattrapé nous aurions rattrapé vous auriez rattrapé ils/elles auraient rattrapé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je rattrape tu rattrapes il/elle rattrape nous rattrapions vous rattrapiez ils/elles rattrapent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie rattrapé tu aies rattrapé il/elle ait rattrapé nous ayons rattrapé vous ayez rattrapé ils/elles aient rattrapé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je rattrapai tu rattrapas il/elle rattrapa nous rattrapâmes vous rattrapâtes ils/elles rattrapèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus rattrapé tu eus rattrapé il/elle eut rattrapé nous eûmes rattrapé vous eûtes rattrapé ils/elles eurent rattrapé 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.