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importer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' importe tu importes il/elle importe nous importons vous importez ils/elles importent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai importé tu as importé il/elle a importé nous avons importé vous avez importé ils/elles ont importé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' importais tu importais il/elle importait nous importions vous importiez ils/elles importaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais importé tu avais importé il/elle avait importé nous avions importé vous aviez importé ils/elles avaient importé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' importerai tu importeras il/elle importera nous importerons vous importerez ils/elles importeront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai importé tu auras importé il/elle aura importé nous aurons importé vous aurez importé ils/elles auront importé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' importerais tu importerais il/elle importerait nous importerions vous importeriez ils/elles importeraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais importé tu aurais importé il/elle aurait importé nous aurions importé vous auriez importé ils/elles auraient importé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' importe tu importes il/elle importe nous importions vous importiez ils/elles importent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie importé tu aies importé il/elle ait importé nous ayons importé vous ayez importé ils/elles aient importé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' importai tu importas il/elle importa nous importâmes vous importâtes ils/elles importèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus importé tu eus importé il/elle eut importé nous eûmes importé vous eûtes importé ils/elles eurent importé 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.