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cultiver: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je cultive tu cultives il/elle cultive nous cultivons vous cultivez ils/elles cultivent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai cultivé tu as cultivé il/elle a cultivé nous avons cultivé vous avez cultivé ils/elles ont cultivé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je cultivais tu cultivais il/elle cultivait nous cultivions vous cultiviez ils/elles cultivaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais cultivé tu avais cultivé il/elle avait cultivé nous avions cultivé vous aviez cultivé ils/elles avaient cultivé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je cultiverai tu cultiveras il/elle cultivera nous cultiverons vous cultiverez ils/elles cultiveront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai cultivé tu auras cultivé il/elle aura cultivé nous aurons cultivé vous aurez cultivé ils/elles auront cultivé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je cultiverais tu cultiverais il/elle cultiverait nous cultiverions vous cultiveriez ils/elles cultiveraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais cultivé tu aurais cultivé il/elle aurait cultivé nous aurions cultivé vous auriez cultivé ils/elles auraient cultivé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je cultive tu cultives il/elle cultive nous cultivions vous cultiviez ils/elles cultivent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie cultivé tu aies cultivé il/elle ait cultivé nous ayons cultivé vous ayez cultivé ils/elles aient cultivé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je cultivai tu cultivas il/elle cultiva nous cultivâmes vous cultivâtes ils/elles cultivèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus cultivé tu eus cultivé il/elle eut cultivé nous eûmes cultivé vous eûtes cultivé ils/elles eurent cultivé 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.