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constituer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je constitue tu constitues il/elle constitue nous constituons vous constituez ils/elles constituent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai constitué tu as constitué il/elle a constitué nous avons constitué vous avez constitué ils/elles ont constitué Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je constituais tu constituais il/elle constituait nous constituions vous constituiez ils/elles constituaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais constitué tu avais constitué il/elle avait constitué nous avions constitué vous aviez constitué ils/elles avaient constitué Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je constituerai tu constitueras il/elle constituera nous constituerons vous constituerez ils/elles constitueront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai constitué tu auras constitué il/elle aura constitué nous aurons constitué vous aurez constitué ils/elles auront constitué Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je constituerais tu constituerais il/elle constituerait nous constituerions vous constitueriez ils/elles constitueraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais constitué tu aurais constitué il/elle aurait constitué nous aurions constitué vous auriez constitué ils/elles auraient constitué Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je constitue tu constitues il/elle constitue nous constituions vous constituiez ils/elles constituent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie constitué tu aies constitué il/elle ait constitué nous ayons constitué vous ayez constitué ils/elles aient constitué Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je constituai tu constituas il/elle constitua nous constituâmes vous constituâtes ils/elles constituèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus constitué tu eus constitué il/elle eut constitué nous eûmes constitué vous eûtes constitué ils/elles eurent constitué 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.