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retrouver: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je retrouve tu retrouves il/elle retrouve nous retrouvons vous retrouvez ils/elles retrouvent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai retrouvé tu as retrouvé il/elle a retrouvé nous avons retrouvé vous avez retrouvé ils/elles ont retrouvé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je retrouvais tu retrouvais il/elle retrouvait nous retrouvions vous retrouviez ils/elles retrouvaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais retrouvé tu avais retrouvé il/elle avait retrouvé nous avions retrouvé vous aviez retrouvé ils/elles avaient retrouvé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je retrouverai tu retrouveras il/elle retrouvera nous retrouverons vous retrouverez ils/elles retrouveront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai retrouvé tu auras retrouvé il/elle aura retrouvé nous aurons retrouvé vous aurez retrouvé ils/elles auront retrouvé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je retrouverais tu retrouverais il/elle retrouverait nous retrouverions vous retrouveriez ils/elles retrouveraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais retrouvé tu aurais retrouvé il/elle aurait retrouvé nous aurions retrouvé vous auriez retrouvé ils/elles auraient retrouvé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je retrouve tu retrouves il/elle retrouve nous retrouvions vous retrouviez ils/elles retrouvent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie retrouvé tu aies retrouvé il/elle ait retrouvé nous ayons retrouvé vous ayez retrouvé ils/elles aient retrouvé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je retrouvai tu retrouvas il/elle retrouva nous retrouvâmes vous retrouvâtes ils/elles retrouvèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus retrouvé tu eus retrouvé il/elle eut retrouvé nous eûmes retrouvé vous eûtes retrouvé ils/elles eurent retrouvé 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.