souhaiter: Conjugation

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

PresentPerfect

jesouhaite
tusouhaites
il/ellesouhaite
noussouhaitons
voussouhaitez
ils/ellessouhaitent
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j'ai souhaité
tuas souhaité
il/ellea souhaité
nousavons souhaité
vousavez souhaité
ils/ellesont souhaité
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ImperfectPluperfect

jesouhaitais
tusouhaitais
il/ellesouhaitait
noussouhaitions
voussouhaitiez
ils/ellessouhaitaient
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j'avais souhaité
tuavais souhaité
il/elleavait souhaité
nousavions souhaité
vousaviez souhaité
ils/ellesavaient souhaité
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FutureFuture-perfect

jesouhaiterai
tusouhaiteras
il/ellesouhaitera
noussouhaiterons
voussouhaiterez
ils/ellessouhaiteront
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j'aurai souhaité
tuauras souhaité
il/elleaura souhaité
nousaurons souhaité
vousaurez souhaité
ils/ellesauront souhaité
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ConditionalConditional perfect

jesouhaiterais
tusouhaiterais
il/ellesouhaiterait
noussouhaiterions
voussouhaiteriez
ils/ellessouhaiteraient
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j'aurais souhaité
tuaurais souhaité
il/elleaurait souhaité
nousaurions souhaité
vousauriez souhaité
ils/ellesauraient souhaité
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Present subjunctivePerfect subjunctive

jesouhaite
tusouhaites
il/ellesouhaite
noussouhaitions
voussouhaitiez
ils/ellessouhaitent
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j'aie souhaité
tuaies souhaité
il/elleait souhaité
nousayons souhaité
vousayez souhaité
ils/ellesaient souhaité
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Past historicPast anterior

jesouhaitai
tusouhaitas
il/ellesouhaita
noussouhaitâmes
voussouhaitâtes
ils/ellessouhaitèrent
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j'eus souhaité
tueus souhaité
il/elleeut souhaité
nouseûmes souhaité
vouseûtes souhaité
ils/elleseurent souhaité
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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.