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contrer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je contre tu contres il/elle contre nous controns vous contrez ils/elles contrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai contré tu as contré il/elle a contré nous avons contré vous avez contré ils/elles ont contré Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je contrais tu contrais il/elle contrait nous contrions vous contriez ils/elles contraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais contré tu avais contré il/elle avait contré nous avions contré vous aviez contré ils/elles avaient contré Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je contrerai tu contreras il/elle contrera nous contrerons vous contrerez ils/elles contreront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai contré tu auras contré il/elle aura contré nous aurons contré vous aurez contré ils/elles auront contré Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je contrerais tu contrerais il/elle contrerait nous contrerions vous contreriez ils/elles contreraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais contré tu aurais contré il/elle aurait contré nous aurions contré vous auriez contré ils/elles auraient contré Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je contre tu contres il/elle contre nous contrions vous contriez ils/elles contrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie contré tu aies contré il/elle ait contré nous ayons contré vous ayez contré ils/elles aient contré Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je contrai tu contras il/elle contra nous contrâmes vous contrâtes ils/elles contrèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus contré tu eus contré il/elle eut contré nous eûmes contré vous eûtes contré ils/elles eurent contré 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.