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arpenter: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' arpente tu arpentes il/elle arpente nous arpentons vous arpentez ils/elles arpentent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai arpenté tu as arpenté il/elle a arpenté nous avons arpenté vous avez arpenté ils/elles ont arpenté Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' arpentais tu arpentais il/elle arpentait nous arpentions vous arpentiez ils/elles arpentaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais arpenté tu avais arpenté il/elle avait arpenté nous avions arpenté vous aviez arpenté ils/elles avaient arpenté Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' arpenterai tu arpenteras il/elle arpentera nous arpenterons vous arpenterez ils/elles arpenteront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai arpenté tu auras arpenté il/elle aura arpenté nous aurons arpenté vous aurez arpenté ils/elles auront arpenté Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' arpenterais tu arpenterais il/elle arpenterait nous arpenterions vous arpenteriez ils/elles arpenteraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais arpenté tu aurais arpenté il/elle aurait arpenté nous aurions arpenté vous auriez arpenté ils/elles auraient arpenté Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' arpente tu arpentes il/elle arpente nous arpentions vous arpentiez ils/elles arpentent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie arpenté tu aies arpenté il/elle ait arpenté nous ayons arpenté vous ayez arpenté ils/elles aient arpenté Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' arpentai tu arpentas il/elle arpenta nous arpentâmes vous arpentâtes ils/elles arpentèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus arpenté tu eus arpenté il/elle eut arpenté nous eûmes arpenté vous eûtes arpenté ils/elles eurent arpenté 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.