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attraper: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' attrape tu attrapes il/elle attrape nous attrapons vous attrapez ils/elles attrapent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai attrapé tu as attrapé il/elle a attrapé nous avons attrapé vous avez attrapé ils/elles ont attrapé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' attrapais tu attrapais il/elle attrapait nous attrapions vous attrapiez ils/elles attrapaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais attrapé tu avais attrapé il/elle avait attrapé nous avions attrapé vous aviez attrapé ils/elles avaient attrapé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' attraperai tu attraperas il/elle attrapera nous attraperons vous attraperez ils/elles attraperont Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai attrapé tu auras attrapé il/elle aura attrapé nous aurons attrapé vous aurez attrapé ils/elles auront attrapé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' attraperais tu attraperais il/elle attraperait nous attraperions vous attraperiez ils/elles attraperaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais attrapé tu aurais attrapé il/elle aurait attrapé nous aurions attrapé vous auriez attrapé ils/elles auraient attrapé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' attrape tu attrapes il/elle attrape nous attrapions vous attrapiez ils/elles attrapent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie attrapé tu aies attrapé il/elle ait attrapé nous ayons attrapé vous ayez attrapé ils/elles aient attrapé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' attrapai tu attrapas il/elle attrapa nous attrapâmes vous attrapâtes ils/elles attrapèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus attrapé tu eus attrapé il/elle eut attrapé nous eûmes attrapé vous eûtes attrapé ils/elles eurent attrapé 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.