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expirer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' expire tu expires il/elle expire nous expirons vous expirez ils/elles expirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai expiré tu as expiré il/elle a expiré nous avons expiré vous avez expiré ils/elles ont expiré Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' expirais tu expirais il/elle expirait nous expirions vous expiriez ils/elles expiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais expiré tu avais expiré il/elle avait expiré nous avions expiré vous aviez expiré ils/elles avaient expiré Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' expirerai tu expireras il/elle expirera nous expirerons vous expirerez ils/elles expireront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai expiré tu auras expiré il/elle aura expiré nous aurons expiré vous aurez expiré ils/elles auront expiré Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' expirerais tu expirerais il/elle expirerait nous expirerions vous expireriez ils/elles expireraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais expiré tu aurais expiré il/elle aurait expiré nous aurions expiré vous auriez expiré ils/elles auraient expiré Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' expire tu expires il/elle expire nous expirions vous expiriez ils/elles expirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie expiré tu aies expiré il/elle ait expiré nous ayons expiré vous ayez expiré ils/elles aient expiré Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' expirai tu expiras il/elle expira nous expirâmes vous expirâtes ils/elles expirèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus expiré tu eus expiré il/elle eut expiré nous eûmes expiré vous eûtes expiré ils/elles eurent expiré 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.