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sauver: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je sauve tu sauves il/elle sauve nous sauvons vous sauvez ils/elles sauvent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai sauvé tu as sauvé il/elle a sauvé nous avons sauvé vous avez sauvé ils/elles ont sauvé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je sauvais tu sauvais il/elle sauvait nous sauvions vous sauviez ils/elles sauvaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais sauvé tu avais sauvé il/elle avait sauvé nous avions sauvé vous aviez sauvé ils/elles avaient sauvé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je sauverai tu sauveras il/elle sauvera nous sauverons vous sauverez ils/elles sauveront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai sauvé tu auras sauvé il/elle aura sauvé nous aurons sauvé vous aurez sauvé ils/elles auront sauvé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je sauverais tu sauverais il/elle sauverait nous sauverions vous sauveriez ils/elles sauveraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais sauvé tu aurais sauvé il/elle aurait sauvé nous aurions sauvé vous auriez sauvé ils/elles auraient sauvé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je sauve tu sauves il/elle sauve nous sauvions vous sauviez ils/elles sauvent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie sauvé tu aies sauvé il/elle ait sauvé nous ayons sauvé vous ayez sauvé ils/elles aient sauvé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je sauvai tu sauvas il/elle sauva nous sauvâmes vous sauvâtes ils/elles sauvèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus sauvé tu eus sauvé il/elle eut sauvé nous eûmes sauvé vous eûtes sauvé ils/elles eurent sauvé 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.