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contacter: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je contacte tu contactes il/elle contacte nous contactons vous contactez ils/elles contactent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai contacté tu as contacté il/elle a contacté nous avons contacté vous avez contacté ils/elles ont contacté Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je contactais tu contactais il/elle contactait nous contactions vous contactiez ils/elles contactaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais contacté tu avais contacté il/elle avait contacté nous avions contacté vous aviez contacté ils/elles avaient contacté Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je contacterai tu contacteras il/elle contactera nous contacterons vous contacterez ils/elles contacteront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai contacté tu auras contacté il/elle aura contacté nous aurons contacté vous aurez contacté ils/elles auront contacté Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je contacterais tu contacterais il/elle contacterait nous contacterions vous contacteriez ils/elles contacteraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais contacté tu aurais contacté il/elle aurait contacté nous aurions contacté vous auriez contacté ils/elles auraient contacté Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je contacte tu contactes il/elle contacte nous contactions vous contactiez ils/elles contactent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie contacté tu aies contacté il/elle ait contacté nous ayons contacté vous ayez contacté ils/elles aient contacté Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je contactai tu contactas il/elle contacta nous contactâmes vous contactâtes ils/elles contactèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus contacté tu eus contacté il/elle eut contacté nous eûmes contacté vous eûtes contacté ils/elles eurent contacté 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.