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fermer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je ferme tu fermes il/elle ferme nous fermons vous fermez ils/elles ferment Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai fermé tu as fermé il/elle a fermé nous avons fermé vous avez fermé ils/elles ont fermé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je fermais tu fermais il/elle fermait nous fermions vous fermiez ils/elles fermaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais fermé tu avais fermé il/elle avait fermé nous avions fermé vous aviez fermé ils/elles avaient fermé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je fermerai tu fermeras il/elle fermera nous fermerons vous fermerez ils/elles fermeront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai fermé tu auras fermé il/elle aura fermé nous aurons fermé vous aurez fermé ils/elles auront fermé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je fermerais tu fermerais il/elle fermerait nous fermerions vous fermeriez ils/elles fermeraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais fermé tu aurais fermé il/elle aurait fermé nous aurions fermé vous auriez fermé ils/elles auraient fermé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je ferme tu fermes il/elle ferme nous fermions vous fermiez ils/elles ferment Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie fermé tu aies fermé il/elle ait fermé nous ayons fermé vous ayez fermé ils/elles aient fermé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je fermai tu fermas il/elle ferma nous fermâmes vous fermâtes ils/elles fermèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus fermé tu eus fermé il/elle eut fermé nous eûmes fermé vous eûtes fermé ils/elles eurent fermé 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.