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adopter: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' adopte tu adoptes il/elle adopte nous adoptons vous adoptez ils/elles adoptent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai adopté tu as adopté il/elle a adopté nous avons adopté vous avez adopté ils/elles ont adopté Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' adoptais tu adoptais il/elle adoptait nous adoptions vous adoptiez ils/elles adoptaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais adopté tu avais adopté il/elle avait adopté nous avions adopté vous aviez adopté ils/elles avaient adopté Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' adopterai tu adopteras il/elle adoptera nous adopterons vous adopterez ils/elles adopteront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai adopté tu auras adopté il/elle aura adopté nous aurons adopté vous aurez adopté ils/elles auront adopté Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' adopterais tu adopterais il/elle adopterait nous adopterions vous adopteriez ils/elles adopteraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais adopté tu aurais adopté il/elle aurait adopté nous aurions adopté vous auriez adopté ils/elles auraient adopté Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' adopte tu adoptes il/elle adopte nous adoptions vous adoptiez ils/elles adoptent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie adopté tu aies adopté il/elle ait adopté nous ayons adopté vous ayez adopté ils/elles aient adopté Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' adoptai tu adoptas il/elle adopta nous adoptâmes vous adoptâtes ils/elles adoptèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus adopté tu eus adopté il/elle eut adopté nous eûmes adopté vous eûtes adopté ils/elles eurent adopté 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.