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cuisiner: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je cuisine tu cuisines il/elle cuisine nous cuisinons vous cuisinez ils/elles cuisinent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai cuisiné tu as cuisiné il/elle a cuisiné nous avons cuisiné vous avez cuisiné ils/elles ont cuisiné Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je cuisinais tu cuisinais il/elle cuisinait nous cuisinions vous cuisiniez ils/elles cuisinaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais cuisiné tu avais cuisiné il/elle avait cuisiné nous avions cuisiné vous aviez cuisiné ils/elles avaient cuisiné Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je cuisinerai tu cuisineras il/elle cuisinera nous cuisinerons vous cuisinerez ils/elles cuisineront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai cuisiné tu auras cuisiné il/elle aura cuisiné nous aurons cuisiné vous aurez cuisiné ils/elles auront cuisiné Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je cuisinerais tu cuisinerais il/elle cuisinerait nous cuisinerions vous cuisineriez ils/elles cuisineraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais cuisiné tu aurais cuisiné il/elle aurait cuisiné nous aurions cuisiné vous auriez cuisiné ils/elles auraient cuisiné Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je cuisine tu cuisines il/elle cuisine nous cuisinions vous cuisiniez ils/elles cuisinent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie cuisiné tu aies cuisiné il/elle ait cuisiné nous ayons cuisiné vous ayez cuisiné ils/elles aient cuisiné Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je cuisinai tu cuisinas il/elle cuisina nous cuisinâmes vous cuisinâtes ils/elles cuisinèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus cuisiné tu eus cuisiné il/elle eut cuisiné nous eûmes cuisiné vous eûtes cuisiné ils/elles eurent cuisiné 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.