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dessiner: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je dessine tu dessines il/elle dessine nous dessinons vous dessinez ils/elles dessinent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai dessiné tu as dessiné il/elle a dessiné nous avons dessiné vous avez dessiné ils/elles ont dessiné Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je dessinais tu dessinais il/elle dessinait nous dessinions vous dessiniez ils/elles dessinaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais dessiné tu avais dessiné il/elle avait dessiné nous avions dessiné vous aviez dessiné ils/elles avaient dessiné Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je dessinerai tu dessineras il/elle dessinera nous dessinerons vous dessinerez ils/elles dessineront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai dessiné tu auras dessiné il/elle aura dessiné nous aurons dessiné vous aurez dessiné ils/elles auront dessiné Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je dessinerais tu dessinerais il/elle dessinerait nous dessinerions vous dessineriez ils/elles dessineraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais dessiné tu aurais dessiné il/elle aurait dessiné nous aurions dessiné vous auriez dessiné ils/elles auraient dessiné Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je dessine tu dessines il/elle dessine nous dessinions vous dessiniez ils/elles dessinent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie dessiné tu aies dessiné il/elle ait dessiné nous ayons dessiné vous ayez dessiné ils/elles aient dessiné Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je dessinai tu dessinas il/elle dessina nous dessinâmes vous dessinâtes ils/elles dessinèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus dessiné tu eus dessiné il/elle eut dessiné nous eûmes dessiné vous eûtes dessiné ils/elles eurent dessiné 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.