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aider: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' aide tu aides il/elle aide nous aidons vous aidez ils/elles aident Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai aidé tu as aidé il/elle a aidé nous avons aidé vous avez aidé ils/elles ont aidé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' aidais tu aidais il/elle aidait nous aidions vous aidiez ils/elles aidaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais aidé tu avais aidé il/elle avait aidé nous avions aidé vous aviez aidé ils/elles avaient aidé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' aiderai tu aideras il/elle aidera nous aiderons vous aiderez ils/elles aideront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai aidé tu auras aidé il/elle aura aidé nous aurons aidé vous aurez aidé ils/elles auront aidé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' aiderais tu aiderais il/elle aiderait nous aiderions vous aideriez ils/elles aideraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais aidé tu aurais aidé il/elle aurait aidé nous aurions aidé vous auriez aidé ils/elles auraient aidé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' aide tu aides il/elle aide nous aidions vous aidiez ils/elles aident Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie aidé tu aies aidé il/elle ait aidé nous ayons aidé vous ayez aidé ils/elles aient aidé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' aidai tu aidas il/elle aida nous aidâmes vous aidâtes ils/elles aidèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus aidé tu eus aidé il/elle eut aidé nous eûmes aidé vous eûtes aidé ils/elles eurent aidé 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.