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demander: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je demande tu demandes il/elle demande nous demandons vous demandez ils/elles demandent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai demandé tu as demandé il/elle a demandé nous avons demandé vous avez demandé ils/elles ont demandé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je demandais tu demandais il/elle demandait nous demandions vous demandiez ils/elles demandaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais demandé tu avais demandé il/elle avait demandé nous avions demandé vous aviez demandé ils/elles avaient demandé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je demanderai tu demanderas il/elle demandera nous demanderons vous demanderez ils/elles demanderont Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai demandé tu auras demandé il/elle aura demandé nous aurons demandé vous aurez demandé ils/elles auront demandé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je demanderais tu demanderais il/elle demanderait nous demanderions vous demanderiez ils/elles demanderaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais demandé tu aurais demandé il/elle aurait demandé nous aurions demandé vous auriez demandé ils/elles auraient demandé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je demande tu demandes il/elle demande nous demandions vous demandiez ils/elles demandent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie demandé tu aies demandé il/elle ait demandé nous ayons demandé vous ayez demandé ils/elles aient demandé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je demandai tu demandas il/elle demanda nous demandâmes vous demandâtes ils/elles demandèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus demandé tu eus demandé il/elle eut demandé nous eûmes demandé vous eûtes demandé ils/elles eurent demandé 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.