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compter: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je compte tu comptes il/elle compte nous comptons vous comptez ils/elles comptent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai compté tu as compté il/elle a compté nous avons compté vous avez compté ils/elles ont compté Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je comptais tu comptais il/elle comptait nous comptions vous comptiez ils/elles comptaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais compté tu avais compté il/elle avait compté nous avions compté vous aviez compté ils/elles avaient compté Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je compterai tu compteras il/elle comptera nous compterons vous compterez ils/elles compteront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai compté tu auras compté il/elle aura compté nous aurons compté vous aurez compté ils/elles auront compté Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je compterais tu compterais il/elle compterait nous compterions vous compteriez ils/elles compteraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais compté tu aurais compté il/elle aurait compté nous aurions compté vous auriez compté ils/elles auraient compté Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je compte tu comptes il/elle compte nous comptions vous comptiez ils/elles comptent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie compté tu aies compté il/elle ait compté nous ayons compté vous ayez compté ils/elles aient compté Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je comptai tu comptas il/elle compta nous comptâmes vous comptâtes ils/elles comptèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus compté tu eus compté il/elle eut compté nous eûmes compté vous eûtes compté ils/elles eurent compté 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.