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compenser: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je compense tu compenses il/elle compense nous compensons vous compensez ils/elles compensent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai compensé tu as compensé il/elle a compensé nous avons compensé vous avez compensé ils/elles ont compensé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je compensais tu compensais il/elle compensait nous compensions vous compensiez ils/elles compensaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais compensé tu avais compensé il/elle avait compensé nous avions compensé vous aviez compensé ils/elles avaient compensé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je compenserai tu compenseras il/elle compensera nous compenserons vous compenserez ils/elles compenseront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai compensé tu auras compensé il/elle aura compensé nous aurons compensé vous aurez compensé ils/elles auront compensé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je compenserais tu compenserais il/elle compenserait nous compenserions vous compenseriez ils/elles compenseraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais compensé tu aurais compensé il/elle aurait compensé nous aurions compensé vous auriez compensé ils/elles auraient compensé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je compense tu compenses il/elle compense nous compensions vous compensiez ils/elles compensent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie compensé tu aies compensé il/elle ait compensé nous ayons compensé vous ayez compensé ils/elles aient compensé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je compensai tu compensas il/elle compensa nous compensâmes vous compensâtes ils/elles compensèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus compensé tu eus compensé il/elle eut compensé nous eûmes compensé vous eûtes compensé ils/elles eurent compensé 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.