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posséder: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je possède tu possèdes il/elle possède nous possédons vous possédez ils/elles possèdent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai possédé tu as possédé il/elle a possédé nous avons possédé vous avez possédé ils/elles ont possédé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je possédais tu possédais il/elle possédait nous possédions vous possédiez ils/elles possédaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais possédé tu avais possédé il/elle avait possédé nous avions possédé vous aviez possédé ils/elles avaient possédé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je posséderai tu posséderas il/elle possédera nous posséderons vous posséderez ils/elles posséderont Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai possédé tu auras possédé il/elle aura possédé nous aurons possédé vous aurez possédé ils/elles auront possédé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je posséderais tu posséderais il/elle posséderait nous posséderions vous posséderiez ils/elles posséderaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais possédé tu aurais possédé il/elle aurait possédé nous aurions possédé vous auriez possédé ils/elles auraient possédé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je possède tu possèdes il/elle possède nous possédions vous possédiez ils/elles possèdent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie possédé tu aies possédé il/elle ait possédé nous ayons possédé vous ayez possédé ils/elles aient possédé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je possédai tu possédas il/elle posséda nous possédâmes vous possédâtes ils/elles possédèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus possédé tu eus possédé il/elle eut possédé nous eûmes possédé vous eûtes possédé ils/elles eurent possédé Pronounce these verb forms

This verb is essentially regular, except that the é vowel changes to è in some places. The change is basically as follows:

• The vowel changes wherever é would otherwise end up in a closed syllable– that is, in a syllable ending a consonant (the open [e] vowel essentially doesn't occur in closed syllables in French);
• In practice, that means in the present tense (indicative and subjunctive) except in the nous and vous forms;
• In terms of pronunciation, most speakers nowadays pronounce the conditional and future forms (préférerais etc) as though they were written préfèrerais etc. A few writers spell these forms to reflect the pronunciation. However, the traditional (and most widely adopted) spelling convention is the slightly misleading one shown here.