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coucher: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je couche tu couches il/elle couche nous couchons vous couchez ils/elles couchent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai couché tu as couché il/elle a couché nous avons couché vous avez couché ils/elles ont couché Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je couchais tu couchais il/elle couchait nous couchions vous couchiez ils/elles couchaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais couché tu avais couché il/elle avait couché nous avions couché vous aviez couché ils/elles avaient couché Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je coucherai tu coucheras il/elle couchera nous coucherons vous coucherez ils/elles coucheront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai couché tu auras couché il/elle aura couché nous aurons couché vous aurez couché ils/elles auront couché Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je coucherais tu coucherais il/elle coucherait nous coucherions vous coucheriez ils/elles coucheraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais couché tu aurais couché il/elle aurait couché nous aurions couché vous auriez couché ils/elles auraient couché Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je couche tu couches il/elle couche nous couchions vous couchiez ils/elles couchent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie couché tu aies couché il/elle ait couché nous ayons couché vous ayez couché ils/elles aient couché Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je couchai tu couchas il/elle coucha nous couchâmes vous couchâtes ils/elles couchèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus couché tu eus couché il/elle eut couché nous eûmes couché vous eûtes couché ils/elles eurent couché 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.