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perdre: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je perds tu perds il/elle perd nous perdons vous perdez ils/elles perdent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai perdu tu as perdu il/elle a perdu nous avons perdu vous avez perdu ils/elles ont perdu Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je perdais tu perdais il/elle perdait nous perdions vous perdiez ils/elles perdaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais perdu tu avais perdu il/elle avait perdu nous avions perdu vous aviez perdu ils/elles avaient perdu Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je perdrai tu perdras il/elle perdra nous perdrons vous perdrez ils/elles perdront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai perdu tu auras perdu il/elle aura perdu nous aurons perdu vous aurez perdu ils/elles auront perdu Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je perdrais tu perdrais il/elle perdrait nous perdrions vous perdriez ils/elles perdraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais perdu tu aurais perdu il/elle aurait perdu nous aurions perdu vous auriez perdu ils/elles auraient perdu Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je perde tu perdes il/elle perde nous perdions vous perdiez ils/elles perdent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie perdu tu aies perdu il/elle ait perdu nous ayons perdu vous ayez perdu ils/elles aient perdu Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je perdis tu perdis il/elle perdit nous perdîmes vous perdîtes ils/elles perdirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus perdu tu eus perdu il/elle eut perdu nous eûmes perdu vous eûtes perdu ils/elles eurent perdu Pronounce these verb forms

This is the so-called regular -re pattern according to the categories used in many English-speaking analyses of French. (Many French-speaking analyses don't actually make a distinction between this pattern and other "irregular verb" patterns.) Characteristic features of this pattern include:

• in practise, the infinitive always ends in -endre, -andre, -ondre, -erdre or -ordre;
• past participles ending in -u;
• the [d] consonant is pronounced in all forms of the verb except the singular present tense forms, which sound like the infinitive minus the final -dre.