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dresser: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je dresse tu dresses il/elle dresse nous dressons vous dressez ils/elles dressent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai dressé tu as dressé il/elle a dressé nous avons dressé vous avez dressé ils/elles ont dressé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je dressais tu dressais il/elle dressait nous dressions vous dressiez ils/elles dressaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais dressé tu avais dressé il/elle avait dressé nous avions dressé vous aviez dressé ils/elles avaient dressé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je dresserai tu dresseras il/elle dressera nous dresserons vous dresserez ils/elles dresseront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai dressé tu auras dressé il/elle aura dressé nous aurons dressé vous aurez dressé ils/elles auront dressé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je dresserais tu dresserais il/elle dresserait nous dresserions vous dresseriez ils/elles dresseraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais dressé tu aurais dressé il/elle aurait dressé nous aurions dressé vous auriez dressé ils/elles auraient dressé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je dresse tu dresses il/elle dresse nous dressions vous dressiez ils/elles dressent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie dressé tu aies dressé il/elle ait dressé nous ayons dressé vous ayez dressé ils/elles aient dressé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je dressai tu dressas il/elle dressa nous dressâmes vous dressâtes ils/elles dressèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus dressé tu eus dressé il/elle eut dressé nous eûmes dressé vous eûtes dressé ils/elles eurent dressé 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.