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orienter: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' oriente tu orientes il/elle oriente nous orientons vous orientez ils/elles orientent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai orienté tu as orienté il/elle a orienté nous avons orienté vous avez orienté ils/elles ont orienté Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' orientais tu orientais il/elle orientait nous orientions vous orientiez ils/elles orientaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais orienté tu avais orienté il/elle avait orienté nous avions orienté vous aviez orienté ils/elles avaient orienté Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' orienterai tu orienteras il/elle orientera nous orienterons vous orienterez ils/elles orienteront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai orienté tu auras orienté il/elle aura orienté nous aurons orienté vous aurez orienté ils/elles auront orienté Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' orienterais tu orienterais il/elle orienterait nous orienterions vous orienteriez ils/elles orienteraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais orienté tu aurais orienté il/elle aurait orienté nous aurions orienté vous auriez orienté ils/elles auraient orienté Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' oriente tu orientes il/elle oriente nous orientions vous orientiez ils/elles orientent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie orienté tu aies orienté il/elle ait orienté nous ayons orienté vous ayez orienté ils/elles aient orienté Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' orientai tu orientas il/elle orienta nous orientâmes vous orientâtes ils/elles orientèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus orienté tu eus orienté il/elle eut orienté nous eûmes orienté vous eûtes orienté ils/elles eurent orienté 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.