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occuper: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' occupe tu occupes il/elle occupe nous occupons vous occupez ils/elles occupent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai occupé tu as occupé il/elle a occupé nous avons occupé vous avez occupé ils/elles ont occupé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' occupais tu occupais il/elle occupait nous occupions vous occupiez ils/elles occupaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais occupé tu avais occupé il/elle avait occupé nous avions occupé vous aviez occupé ils/elles avaient occupé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' occuperai tu occuperas il/elle occupera nous occuperons vous occuperez ils/elles occuperont Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai occupé tu auras occupé il/elle aura occupé nous aurons occupé vous aurez occupé ils/elles auront occupé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' occuperais tu occuperais il/elle occuperait nous occuperions vous occuperiez ils/elles occuperaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais occupé tu aurais occupé il/elle aurait occupé nous aurions occupé vous auriez occupé ils/elles auraient occupé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' occupe tu occupes il/elle occupe nous occupions vous occupiez ils/elles occupent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie occupé tu aies occupé il/elle ait occupé nous ayons occupé vous ayez occupé ils/elles aient occupé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' occupai tu occupas il/elle occupa nous occupâmes vous occupâtes ils/elles occupèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus occupé tu eus occupé il/elle eut occupé nous eûmes occupé vous eûtes occupé ils/elles eurent occupé 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.