séparer: Conjugation

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

PresentPerfect

jesépare
tusépares
il/ellesépare
nousséparons
vousséparez
ils/ellesséparent
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j'ai séparé
tuas séparé
il/ellea séparé
nousavons séparé
vousavez séparé
ils/ellesont séparé
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ImperfectPluperfect

jeséparais
tuséparais
il/elleséparait
nousséparions
voussépariez
ils/ellesséparaient
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j'avais séparé
tuavais séparé
il/elleavait séparé
nousavions séparé
vousaviez séparé
ils/ellesavaient séparé
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FutureFuture-perfect

jeséparerai
tusépareras
il/elleséparera
nousséparerons
vousséparerez
ils/ellessépareront
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j'aurai séparé
tuauras séparé
il/elleaura séparé
nousaurons séparé
vousaurez séparé
ils/ellesauront séparé
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ConditionalConditional perfect

jeséparerais
tuséparerais
il/elleséparerait
nousséparerions
voussépareriez
ils/ellessépareraient
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j'aurais séparé
tuaurais séparé
il/elleaurait séparé
nousaurions séparé
vousauriez séparé
ils/ellesauraient séparé
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Present subjunctivePerfect subjunctive

jesépare
tusépares
il/ellesépare
nousséparions
voussépariez
ils/ellesséparent
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j'aie séparé
tuaies séparé
il/elleait séparé
nousayons séparé
vousayez séparé
ils/ellesaient séparé
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Past historicPast anterior

jeséparai
tuséparas
il/ellesépara
nousséparâmes
vousséparâtes
ils/ellesséparèrent
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j'eus séparé
tueus séparé
il/elleeut séparé
nouseûmes séparé
vouseûtes séparé
ils/elleseurent séparé
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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:

1. Outside the regular -er paradigm, only aller, être and naître have past participles ending in .
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.