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sonner: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je sonne tu sonnes il/elle sonne nous sonnons vous sonnez ils/elles sonnent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai sonné tu as sonné il/elle a sonné nous avons sonné vous avez sonné ils/elles ont sonné Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je sonnais tu sonnais il/elle sonnait nous sonnions vous sonniez ils/elles sonnaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais sonné tu avais sonné il/elle avait sonné nous avions sonné vous aviez sonné ils/elles avaient sonné Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je sonnerai tu sonneras il/elle sonnera nous sonnerons vous sonnerez ils/elles sonneront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai sonné tu auras sonné il/elle aura sonné nous aurons sonné vous aurez sonné ils/elles auront sonné Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je sonnerais tu sonnerais il/elle sonnerait nous sonnerions vous sonneriez ils/elles sonneraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais sonné tu aurais sonné il/elle aurait sonné nous aurions sonné vous auriez sonné ils/elles auraient sonné Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je sonne tu sonnes il/elle sonne nous sonnions vous sonniez ils/elles sonnent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie sonné tu aies sonné il/elle ait sonné nous ayons sonné vous ayez sonné ils/elles aient sonné Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je sonnai tu sonnas il/elle sonna nous sonnâmes vous sonnâtes ils/elles sonnèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus sonné tu eus sonné il/elle eut sonné nous eûmes sonné vous eûtes sonné ils/elles eurent sonné 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.