jouer: Conjugation

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

PresentPerfect

jejoue
tujoues
il/ellejoue
nousjouons
vousjouez
ils/ellesjouent
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j'ai joué
tuas joué
il/ellea joué
nousavons joué
vousavez joué
ils/ellesont joué
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ImperfectPluperfect

jejouais
tujouais
il/ellejouait
nousjouions
vousjouiez
ils/ellesjouaient
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j'avais joué
tuavais joué
il/elleavait joué
nousavions joué
vousaviez joué
ils/ellesavaient joué
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FutureFuture-perfect

jejouerai
tujoueras
il/ellejouera
nousjouerons
vousjouerez
ils/ellesjoueront
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j'aurai joué
tuauras joué
il/elleaura joué
nousaurons joué
vousaurez joué
ils/ellesauront joué
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ConditionalConditional perfect

jejouerais
tujouerais
il/ellejouerait
nousjouerions
vousjoueriez
ils/ellesjoueraient
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j'aurais joué
tuaurais joué
il/elleaurait joué
nousaurions joué
vousauriez joué
ils/ellesauraient joué
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Present subjunctivePerfect subjunctive

jejoue
tujoues
il/ellejoue
nousjouions
vousjouiez
ils/ellesjouent
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j'aie joué
tuaies joué
il/elleait joué
nousayons joué
vousayez joué
ils/ellesaient joué
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Past historicPast anterior

jejouai
tujouas
il/ellejoua
nousjouâmes
vousjouâtes
ils/ellesjouèrent
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j'eus joué
tueus joué
il/elleeut joué
nouseûmes joué
vouseûtes joué
ils/elleseurent joué
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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:

1. Outside the regular -er paradigm, only aller, être and naître have past participles ending in .
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.