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fumer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je fume tu fumes il/elle fume nous fumons vous fumez ils/elles fument Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai fumé tu as fumé il/elle a fumé nous avons fumé vous avez fumé ils/elles ont fumé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je fumais tu fumais il/elle fumait nous fumions vous fumiez ils/elles fumaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais fumé tu avais fumé il/elle avait fumé nous avions fumé vous aviez fumé ils/elles avaient fumé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je fumerai tu fumeras il/elle fumera nous fumerons vous fumerez ils/elles fumeront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai fumé tu auras fumé il/elle aura fumé nous aurons fumé vous aurez fumé ils/elles auront fumé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je fumerais tu fumerais il/elle fumerait nous fumerions vous fumeriez ils/elles fumeraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais fumé tu aurais fumé il/elle aurait fumé nous aurions fumé vous auriez fumé ils/elles auraient fumé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je fume tu fumes il/elle fume nous fumions vous fumiez ils/elles fument Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie fumé tu aies fumé il/elle ait fumé nous ayons fumé vous ayez fumé ils/elles aient fumé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je fumai tu fumas il/elle fuma nous fumâmes vous fumâtes ils/elles fumèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus fumé tu eus fumé il/elle eut fumé nous eûmes fumé vous eûtes fumé ils/elles eurent fumé 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.