French verb conjugation chart
The full French verb chart
Every tense, every group, one scrollable page. Use it as a reference while you practice.
French verb conjugation chart
Regular -er, -ir, and -re patterns across the essential French tenses.
This page shows the three regular French verb groups side by side, across every tense you'll actually use. Conjugating an unknown verb? Find its ending (-er, -ir, or -re), copy the pattern, swap the stem.
For irregular verbs (être, avoir, aller, faire, prendre…) there's no shortcut: see the full irregular list and tap any verb for its conjugation table.
Présent (indicatif)
Right now. The default present tense, also covers English "I am Xing".
Imparfait
Was Xing / used to X. Background and habits in the past.
Futur simple
Will X. The simple future, no auxiliary.
Conditionnel présent
Would X. Hypotheticals and polite requests.
parler -er, regular
| je | parlerais |
|---|---|
| tu | parlerais |
| il | parlerait |
| nous | parlerions |
| vous | parleriez |
| ils | parleraient |
finir -ir, regular
| je | finirais |
|---|---|
| tu | finirais |
| il | finirait |
| nous | finirions |
| vous | finiriez |
| ils | finiraient |
vendre -re, regular
| je | vendrais |
|---|---|
| tu | vendrais |
| il | vendrait |
| nous | vendrions |
| vous | vendriez |
| ils | vendraient |
Subjonctif présent
Triggered by phrases of doubt, emotion, necessity (il faut que…).
Impératif
Commands. Only tu, nous, vous forms.
Compound tenses (passé composé and friends)
Every compound tense in French follows the same recipe: auxiliary (avoir or être) + past participle. Conjugate the auxiliary in the matching simple tense, then bolt on the past participle.
| Compound tense | Recipe | Example (parler) |
|---|---|---|
| Passé composé | avoir (présent) + p.p. | j'ai parlé |
| Plus-que-parfait | avoir (imparfait) + p.p. | j'avais parlé |
| Futur antérieur | avoir (futur) + p.p. | j'aurai parlé |
| Conditionnel passé | avoir (conditionnel) + p.p. | j'aurais parlé |
| Subjonctif passé | avoir (subjonctif) + p.p. | (que) j'aie parlé |
Regular past participles: -er → -é (parlé), -ir → -i (fini), -re → -u (vendu). Irregular ones have to be memorized (être → été, avoir → eu, faire → fait, prendre → pris, mettre → mis, voir → vu, savoir → su, pouvoir → pu, vouloir → voulu, devoir → dû…).
Find any form in the 300-verb French past participles list. For the avoir-vs-être rule and agreement, see the past-participle agreement guide.
Regular endings cheat sheet
| Tense | -er endings | -ir endings | -re endings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Présent | -e, -es, -e, -ons, -ez, -ent | -is, -is, -it, -issons, -issez, -issent | -s, -s, –, -ons, -ez, -ent |
| Imparfait | -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient (same for all three groups) | ||
| Futur simple | infinitive + -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont (drop final -e on -re verbs) | ||
| Conditionnel | futur stem + -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient | ||
| Subjonctif | ils-stem + -e, -es, -e, -ions, -iez, -ent | ||
| Past participle | -é | -i | -u |