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secouer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je secoue tu secoues il/elle secoue nous secouons vous secouez ils/elles secouent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai secoué tu as secoué il/elle a secoué nous avons secoué vous avez secoué ils/elles ont secoué Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je secouais tu secouais il/elle secouait nous secouions vous secouiez ils/elles secouaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais secoué tu avais secoué il/elle avait secoué nous avions secoué vous aviez secoué ils/elles avaient secoué Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je secouerai tu secoueras il/elle secouera nous secouerons vous secouerez ils/elles secoueront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai secoué tu auras secoué il/elle aura secoué nous aurons secoué vous aurez secoué ils/elles auront secoué Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je secouerais tu secouerais il/elle secouerait nous secouerions vous secoueriez ils/elles secoueraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais secoué tu aurais secoué il/elle aurait secoué nous aurions secoué vous auriez secoué ils/elles auraient secoué Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je secoue tu secoues il/elle secoue nous secouions vous secouiez ils/elles secouent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie secoué tu aies secoué il/elle ait secoué nous ayons secoué vous ayez secoué ils/elles aient secoué Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je secouai tu secouas il/elle secoua nous secouâmes vous secouâtes ils/elles secouèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus secoué tu eus secoué il/elle eut secoué nous eûmes secoué vous eûtes secoué ils/elles eurent secoué 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.