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plier: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je plie tu plies il/elle plie nous plions vous pliez ils/elles plient Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai plié tu as plié il/elle a plié nous avons plié vous avez plié ils/elles ont plié Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je pliais tu pliais il/elle pliait nous pliions vous pliiez ils/elles pliaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais plié tu avais plié il/elle avait plié nous avions plié vous aviez plié ils/elles avaient plié Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je plierai tu plieras il/elle pliera nous plierons vous plierez ils/elles plieront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai plié tu auras plié il/elle aura plié nous aurons plié vous aurez plié ils/elles auront plié Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je plierais tu plierais il/elle plierait nous plierions vous plieriez ils/elles plieraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais plié tu aurais plié il/elle aurait plié nous aurions plié vous auriez plié ils/elles auraient plié Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je plie tu plies il/elle plie nous pliions vous pliiez ils/elles plient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie plié tu aies plié il/elle ait plié nous ayons plié vous ayez plié ils/elles aient plié Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je pliai tu plias il/elle plia nous pliâmes vous pliâtes ils/elles plièrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus plié tu eus plié il/elle eut plié nous eûmes plié vous eûtes plié ils/elles eurent plié 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.