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cesser: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je cesse tu cesses il/elle cesse nous cessons vous cessez ils/elles cessent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai cessé tu as cessé il/elle a cessé nous avons cessé vous avez cessé ils/elles ont cessé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je cessais tu cessais il/elle cessait nous cessions vous cessiez ils/elles cessaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais cessé tu avais cessé il/elle avait cessé nous avions cessé vous aviez cessé ils/elles avaient cessé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je cesserai tu cesseras il/elle cessera nous cesserons vous cesserez ils/elles cesseront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai cessé tu auras cessé il/elle aura cessé nous aurons cessé vous aurez cessé ils/elles auront cessé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je cesserais tu cesserais il/elle cesserait nous cesserions vous cesseriez ils/elles cesseraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais cessé tu aurais cessé il/elle aurait cessé nous aurions cessé vous auriez cessé ils/elles auraient cessé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je cesse tu cesses il/elle cesse nous cessions vous cessiez ils/elles cessent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie cessé tu aies cessé il/elle ait cessé nous ayons cessé vous ayez cessé ils/elles aient cessé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je cessai tu cessas il/elle cessa nous cessâmes vous cessâtes ils/elles cessèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus cessé tu eus cessé il/elle eut cessé nous eûmes cessé vous eûtes cessé ils/elles eurent cessé 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.