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calquer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je calque tu calques il/elle calque nous calquons vous calquez ils/elles calquent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai calqué tu as calqué il/elle a calqué nous avons calqué vous avez calqué ils/elles ont calqué Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je calquais tu calquais il/elle calquait nous calquions vous calquiez ils/elles calquaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais calqué tu avais calqué il/elle avait calqué nous avions calqué vous aviez calqué ils/elles avaient calqué Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je calquerai tu calqueras il/elle calquera nous calquerons vous calquerez ils/elles calqueront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai calqué tu auras calqué il/elle aura calqué nous aurons calqué vous aurez calqué ils/elles auront calqué Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je calquerais tu calquerais il/elle calquerait nous calquerions vous calqueriez ils/elles calqueraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais calqué tu aurais calqué il/elle aurait calqué nous aurions calqué vous auriez calqué ils/elles auraient calqué Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je calque tu calques il/elle calque nous calquions vous calquiez ils/elles calquent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie calqué tu aies calqué il/elle ait calqué nous ayons calqué vous ayez calqué ils/elles aient calqué Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je calquai tu calquas il/elle calqua nous calquâmes vous calquâtes ils/elles calquèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus calqué tu eus calqué il/elle eut calqué nous eûmes calqué vous eûtes calqué ils/elles eurent calqué 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.