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louer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je loue tu loues il/elle loue nous louons vous louez ils/elles louent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai loué tu as loué il/elle a loué nous avons loué vous avez loué ils/elles ont loué Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je louais tu louais il/elle louait nous louions vous louiez ils/elles louaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais loué tu avais loué il/elle avait loué nous avions loué vous aviez loué ils/elles avaient loué Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je louerai tu loueras il/elle louera nous louerons vous louerez ils/elles loueront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai loué tu auras loué il/elle aura loué nous aurons loué vous aurez loué ils/elles auront loué Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je louerais tu louerais il/elle louerait nous louerions vous loueriez ils/elles loueraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais loué tu aurais loué il/elle aurait loué nous aurions loué vous auriez loué ils/elles auraient loué Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je loue tu loues il/elle loue nous louions vous louiez ils/elles louent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie loué tu aies loué il/elle ait loué nous ayons loué vous ayez loué ils/elles aient loué Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je louai tu louas il/elle loua nous louâmes vous louâtes ils/elles louèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus loué tu eus loué il/elle eut loué nous eûmes loué vous eûtes loué ils/elles eurent loué 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.