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avaler: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' avale tu avales il/elle avale nous avalons vous avalez ils/elles avalent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai avalé tu as avalé il/elle a avalé nous avons avalé vous avez avalé ils/elles ont avalé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' avalais tu avalais il/elle avalait nous avalions vous avaliez ils/elles avalaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais avalé tu avais avalé il/elle avait avalé nous avions avalé vous aviez avalé ils/elles avaient avalé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' avalerai tu avaleras il/elle avalera nous avalerons vous avalerez ils/elles avaleront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai avalé tu auras avalé il/elle aura avalé nous aurons avalé vous aurez avalé ils/elles auront avalé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' avalerais tu avalerais il/elle avalerait nous avalerions vous avaleriez ils/elles avaleraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais avalé tu aurais avalé il/elle aurait avalé nous aurions avalé vous auriez avalé ils/elles auraient avalé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' avale tu avales il/elle avale nous avalions vous avaliez ils/elles avalent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie avalé tu aies avalé il/elle ait avalé nous ayons avalé vous ayez avalé ils/elles aient avalé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' avalai tu avalas il/elle avala nous avalâmes vous avalâtes ils/elles avalèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus avalé tu eus avalé il/elle eut avalé nous eûmes avalé vous eûtes avalé ils/elles eurent avalé 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.