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exprimer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' exprime tu exprimes il/elle exprime nous exprimons vous exprimez ils/elles expriment Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai exprimé tu as exprimé il/elle a exprimé nous avons exprimé vous avez exprimé ils/elles ont exprimé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' exprimais tu exprimais il/elle exprimait nous exprimions vous exprimiez ils/elles exprimaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais exprimé tu avais exprimé il/elle avait exprimé nous avions exprimé vous aviez exprimé ils/elles avaient exprimé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' exprimerai tu exprimeras il/elle exprimera nous exprimerons vous exprimerez ils/elles exprimeront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai exprimé tu auras exprimé il/elle aura exprimé nous aurons exprimé vous aurez exprimé ils/elles auront exprimé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' exprimerais tu exprimerais il/elle exprimerait nous exprimerions vous exprimeriez ils/elles exprimeraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais exprimé tu aurais exprimé il/elle aurait exprimé nous aurions exprimé vous auriez exprimé ils/elles auraient exprimé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' exprime tu exprimes il/elle exprime nous exprimions vous exprimiez ils/elles expriment Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie exprimé tu aies exprimé il/elle ait exprimé nous ayons exprimé vous ayez exprimé ils/elles aient exprimé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' exprimai tu exprimas il/elle exprima nous exprimâmes vous exprimâtes ils/elles exprimèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus exprimé tu eus exprimé il/elle eut exprimé nous eûmes exprimé vous eûtes exprimé ils/elles eurent exprimé 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.