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taper: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je tape tu tapes il/elle tape nous tapons vous tapez ils/elles tapent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai tapé tu as tapé il/elle a tapé nous avons tapé vous avez tapé ils/elles ont tapé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je tapais tu tapais il/elle tapait nous tapions vous tapiez ils/elles tapaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais tapé tu avais tapé il/elle avait tapé nous avions tapé vous aviez tapé ils/elles avaient tapé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je taperai tu taperas il/elle tapera nous taperons vous taperez ils/elles taperont Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai tapé tu auras tapé il/elle aura tapé nous aurons tapé vous aurez tapé ils/elles auront tapé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je taperais tu taperais il/elle taperait nous taperions vous taperiez ils/elles taperaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais tapé tu aurais tapé il/elle aurait tapé nous aurions tapé vous auriez tapé ils/elles auraient tapé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je tape tu tapes il/elle tape nous tapions vous tapiez ils/elles tapent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie tapé tu aies tapé il/elle ait tapé nous ayons tapé vous ayez tapé ils/elles aient tapé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je tapai tu tapas il/elle tapa nous tapâmes vous tapâtes ils/elles tapèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus tapé tu eus tapé il/elle eut tapé nous eûmes tapé vous eûtes tapé ils/elles eurent tapé 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.