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pousser: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je pousse tu pousses il/elle pousse nous poussons vous poussez ils/elles poussent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai poussé tu as poussé il/elle a poussé nous avons poussé vous avez poussé ils/elles ont poussé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je poussais tu poussais il/elle poussait nous poussions vous poussiez ils/elles poussaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais poussé tu avais poussé il/elle avait poussé nous avions poussé vous aviez poussé ils/elles avaient poussé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je pousserai tu pousseras il/elle poussera nous pousserons vous pousserez ils/elles pousseront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai poussé tu auras poussé il/elle aura poussé nous aurons poussé vous aurez poussé ils/elles auront poussé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je pousserais tu pousserais il/elle pousserait nous pousserions vous pousseriez ils/elles pousseraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais poussé tu aurais poussé il/elle aurait poussé nous aurions poussé vous auriez poussé ils/elles auraient poussé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je pousse tu pousses il/elle pousse nous poussions vous poussiez ils/elles poussent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie poussé tu aies poussé il/elle ait poussé nous ayons poussé vous ayez poussé ils/elles aient poussé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je poussai tu poussas il/elle poussa nous poussâmes vous poussâtes ils/elles poussèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus poussé tu eus poussé il/elle eut poussé nous eûmes poussé vous eûtes poussé ils/elles eurent poussé 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.