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consister: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je consiste tu consistes il/elle consiste nous consistons vous consistez ils/elles consistent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai consisté tu as consisté il/elle a consisté nous avons consisté vous avez consisté ils/elles ont consisté Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je consistais tu consistais il/elle consistait nous consistions vous consistiez ils/elles consistaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais consisté tu avais consisté il/elle avait consisté nous avions consisté vous aviez consisté ils/elles avaient consisté Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je consisterai tu consisteras il/elle consistera nous consisterons vous consisterez ils/elles consisteront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai consisté tu auras consisté il/elle aura consisté nous aurons consisté vous aurez consisté ils/elles auront consisté Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je consisterais tu consisterais il/elle consisterait nous consisterions vous consisteriez ils/elles consisteraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais consisté tu aurais consisté il/elle aurait consisté nous aurions consisté vous auriez consisté ils/elles auraient consisté Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je consiste tu consistes il/elle consiste nous consistions vous consistiez ils/elles consistent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie consisté tu aies consisté il/elle ait consisté nous ayons consisté vous ayez consisté ils/elles aient consisté Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je consistai tu consistas il/elle consista nous consistâmes vous consistâtes ils/elles consistèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus consisté tu eus consisté il/elle eut consisté nous eûmes consisté vous eûtes consisté ils/elles eurent consisté 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.