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signer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je signe tu signes il/elle signe nous signons vous signez ils/elles signent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai signé tu as signé il/elle a signé nous avons signé vous avez signé ils/elles ont signé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je signais tu signais il/elle signait nous signions vous signiez ils/elles signaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais signé tu avais signé il/elle avait signé nous avions signé vous aviez signé ils/elles avaient signé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je signerai tu signeras il/elle signera nous signerons vous signerez ils/elles signeront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai signé tu auras signé il/elle aura signé nous aurons signé vous aurez signé ils/elles auront signé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je signerais tu signerais il/elle signerait nous signerions vous signeriez ils/elles signeraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais signé tu aurais signé il/elle aurait signé nous aurions signé vous auriez signé ils/elles auraient signé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je signe tu signes il/elle signe nous signions vous signiez ils/elles signent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie signé tu aies signé il/elle ait signé nous ayons signé vous ayez signé ils/elles aient signé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je signai tu signas il/elle signa nous signâmes vous signâtes ils/elles signèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus signé tu eus signé il/elle eut signé nous eûmes signé vous eûtes signé ils/elles eurent signé 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.