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conter: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je conte tu contes il/elle conte nous contons vous contez ils/elles content Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai conté tu as conté il/elle a conté nous avons conté vous avez conté ils/elles ont conté Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je contais tu contais il/elle contait nous contions vous contiez ils/elles contaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais conté tu avais conté il/elle avait conté nous avions conté vous aviez conté ils/elles avaient conté Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je conterai tu conteras il/elle contera nous conterons vous conterez ils/elles conteront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai conté tu auras conté il/elle aura conté nous aurons conté vous aurez conté ils/elles auront conté Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je conterais tu conterais il/elle conterait nous conterions vous conteriez ils/elles conteraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais conté tu aurais conté il/elle aurait conté nous aurions conté vous auriez conté ils/elles auraient conté Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je conte tu contes il/elle conte nous contions vous contiez ils/elles content Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie conté tu aies conté il/elle ait conté nous ayons conté vous ayez conté ils/elles aient conté Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je contai tu contas il/elle conta nous contâmes vous contâtes ils/elles contèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus conté tu eus conté il/elle eut conté nous eûmes conté vous eûtes conté ils/elles eurent conté 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.