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parler: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je parle tu parles il/elle parle nous parlons vous parlez ils/elles parlent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai parlé tu as parlé il/elle a parlé nous avons parlé vous avez parlé ils/elles ont parlé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je parlais tu parlais il/elle parlait nous parlions vous parliez ils/elles parlaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais parlé tu avais parlé il/elle avait parlé nous avions parlé vous aviez parlé ils/elles avaient parlé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je parlerai tu parleras il/elle parlera nous parlerons vous parlerez ils/elles parleront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai parlé tu auras parlé il/elle aura parlé nous aurons parlé vous aurez parlé ils/elles auront parlé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je parlerais tu parlerais il/elle parlerait nous parlerions vous parleriez ils/elles parleraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais parlé tu aurais parlé il/elle aurait parlé nous aurions parlé vous auriez parlé ils/elles auraient parlé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je parle tu parles il/elle parle nous parlions vous parliez ils/elles parlent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie parlé tu aies parlé il/elle ait parlé nous ayons parlé vous ayez parlé ils/elles aient parlé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je parlai tu parlas il/elle parla nous parlâmes vous parlâtes ils/elles parlèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus parlé tu eus parlé il/elle eut parlé nous eûmes parlé vous eûtes parlé ils/elles eurent parlé 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.