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passer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je passe tu passes il/elle passe nous passons vous passez ils/elles passent Pronounce these verb forms	je suis passé(e) tu es passé(e) il/elle est passé(e) nous sommes passé(e)s vous êtes passé(e)(s) ils/elles sont passé(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je passais tu passais il/elle passait nous passions vous passiez ils/elles passaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' étais passé(e) tu étais passé(e) il/elle était passé(e) nous étions passé(e)s vous étiez passé(e)(s) ils/elles étaient passé(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je passerai tu passeras il/elle passera nous passerons vous passerez ils/elles passeront Pronounce these verb forms	je serai passé(e) tu seras passé(e) il/elle sera passé(e) nous serons passé(e)s vous serez passé(e)(s) ils/elles seront passé(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je passerais tu passerais il/elle passerait nous passerions vous passeriez ils/elles passeraient Pronounce these verb forms	je serais passé(e) tu serais passé(e) il/elle serait passé(e) nous serions passé(e)s vous seriez passé(e)(s) ils/elles seraient passé(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je passe tu passes il/elle passe nous passions vous passiez ils/elles passent Pronounce these verb forms	je sois passé(e) tu sois passé(e) il/elle soit passé(e) nous soyons passé(e)s vous soyez passé(e)(s) ils/elles soient passé(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je passai tu passas il/elle passa nous passâmes vous passâtes ils/elles passèrent Pronounce these verb forms	je fus passé(e) tu fus passé(e) il/elle fut passé(e) nous fûmes passé(e)s vous fûtes passé(e)(s) ils/elles furent passé(e)s 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.