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respirer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je respire tu respires il/elle respire nous respirons vous respirez ils/elles respirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai respiré tu as respiré il/elle a respiré nous avons respiré vous avez respiré ils/elles ont respiré Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je respirais tu respirais il/elle respirait nous respirions vous respiriez ils/elles respiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais respiré tu avais respiré il/elle avait respiré nous avions respiré vous aviez respiré ils/elles avaient respiré Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je respirerai tu respireras il/elle respirera nous respirerons vous respirerez ils/elles respireront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai respiré tu auras respiré il/elle aura respiré nous aurons respiré vous aurez respiré ils/elles auront respiré Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je respirerais tu respirerais il/elle respirerait nous respirerions vous respireriez ils/elles respireraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais respiré tu aurais respiré il/elle aurait respiré nous aurions respiré vous auriez respiré ils/elles auraient respiré Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je respire tu respires il/elle respire nous respirions vous respiriez ils/elles respirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie respiré tu aies respiré il/elle ait respiré nous ayons respiré vous ayez respiré ils/elles aient respiré Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je respirai tu respiras il/elle respira nous respirâmes vous respirâtes ils/elles respirèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus respiré tu eus respiré il/elle eut respiré nous eûmes respiré vous eûtes respiré ils/elles eurent respiré 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.