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nier: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je nie tu nies il/elle nie nous nions vous niez ils/elles nient Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai nié tu as nié il/elle a nié nous avons nié vous avez nié ils/elles ont nié Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je niais tu niais il/elle niait nous niions vous niiez ils/elles niaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais nié tu avais nié il/elle avait nié nous avions nié vous aviez nié ils/elles avaient nié Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je nierai tu nieras il/elle niera nous nierons vous nierez ils/elles nieront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai nié tu auras nié il/elle aura nié nous aurons nié vous aurez nié ils/elles auront nié Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je nierais tu nierais il/elle nierait nous nierions vous nieriez ils/elles nieraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais nié tu aurais nié il/elle aurait nié nous aurions nié vous auriez nié ils/elles auraient nié Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je nie tu nies il/elle nie nous niions vous niiez ils/elles nient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie nié tu aies nié il/elle ait nié nous ayons nié vous ayez nié ils/elles aient nié Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je niai tu nias il/elle nia nous niâmes vous niâtes ils/elles nièrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus nié tu eus nié il/elle eut nié nous eûmes nié vous eûtes nié ils/elles eurent nié 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.