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circuler: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je circule tu circules il/elle circule nous circulons vous circulez ils/elles circulent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai circulé tu as circulé il/elle a circulé nous avons circulé vous avez circulé ils/elles ont circulé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je circulais tu circulais il/elle circulait nous circulions vous circuliez ils/elles circulaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais circulé tu avais circulé il/elle avait circulé nous avions circulé vous aviez circulé ils/elles avaient circulé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je circulerai tu circuleras il/elle circulera nous circulerons vous circulerez ils/elles circuleront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai circulé tu auras circulé il/elle aura circulé nous aurons circulé vous aurez circulé ils/elles auront circulé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je circulerais tu circulerais il/elle circulerait nous circulerions vous circuleriez ils/elles circuleraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais circulé tu aurais circulé il/elle aurait circulé nous aurions circulé vous auriez circulé ils/elles auraient circulé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je circule tu circules il/elle circule nous circulions vous circuliez ils/elles circulent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie circulé tu aies circulé il/elle ait circulé nous ayons circulé vous ayez circulé ils/elles aient circulé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je circulai tu circulas il/elle circula nous circulâmes vous circulâtes ils/elles circulèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus circulé tu eus circulé il/elle eut circulé nous eûmes circulé vous eûtes circulé ils/elles eurent circulé 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.