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chanter: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je chante tu chantes il/elle chante nous chantons vous chantez ils/elles chantent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai chanté tu as chanté il/elle a chanté nous avons chanté vous avez chanté ils/elles ont chanté Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je chantais tu chantais il/elle chantait nous chantions vous chantiez ils/elles chantaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais chanté tu avais chanté il/elle avait chanté nous avions chanté vous aviez chanté ils/elles avaient chanté Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je chanterai tu chanteras il/elle chantera nous chanterons vous chanterez ils/elles chanteront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai chanté tu auras chanté il/elle aura chanté nous aurons chanté vous aurez chanté ils/elles auront chanté Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je chanterais tu chanterais il/elle chanterait nous chanterions vous chanteriez ils/elles chanteraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais chanté tu aurais chanté il/elle aurait chanté nous aurions chanté vous auriez chanté ils/elles auraient chanté Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je chante tu chantes il/elle chante nous chantions vous chantiez ils/elles chantent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie chanté tu aies chanté il/elle ait chanté nous ayons chanté vous ayez chanté ils/elles aient chanté Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je chantai tu chantas il/elle chanta nous chantâmes vous chantâtes ils/elles chantèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus chanté tu eus chanté il/elle eut chanté nous eûmes chanté vous eûtes chanté ils/elles eurent chanté 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.