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caresser: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je caresse tu caresses il/elle caresse nous caressons vous caressez ils/elles caressent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai caressé tu as caressé il/elle a caressé nous avons caressé vous avez caressé ils/elles ont caressé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je caressais tu caressais il/elle caressait nous caressions vous caressiez ils/elles caressaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais caressé tu avais caressé il/elle avait caressé nous avions caressé vous aviez caressé ils/elles avaient caressé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je caresserai tu caresseras il/elle caressera nous caresserons vous caresserez ils/elles caresseront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai caressé tu auras caressé il/elle aura caressé nous aurons caressé vous aurez caressé ils/elles auront caressé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je caresserais tu caresserais il/elle caresserait nous caresserions vous caresseriez ils/elles caresseraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais caressé tu aurais caressé il/elle aurait caressé nous aurions caressé vous auriez caressé ils/elles auraient caressé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je caresse tu caresses il/elle caresse nous caressions vous caressiez ils/elles caressent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie caressé tu aies caressé il/elle ait caressé nous ayons caressé vous ayez caressé ils/elles aient caressé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je caressai tu caressas il/elle caressa nous caressâmes vous caressâtes ils/elles caressèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus caressé tu eus caressé il/elle eut caressé nous eûmes caressé vous eûtes caressé ils/elles eurent caressé 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.