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provoquer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je provoque tu provoques il/elle provoque nous provoquons vous provoquez ils/elles provoquent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai provoqué tu as provoqué il/elle a provoqué nous avons provoqué vous avez provoqué ils/elles ont provoqué Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je provoquais tu provoquais il/elle provoquait nous provoquions vous provoquiez ils/elles provoquaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais provoqué tu avais provoqué il/elle avait provoqué nous avions provoqué vous aviez provoqué ils/elles avaient provoqué Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je provoquerai tu provoqueras il/elle provoquera nous provoquerons vous provoquerez ils/elles provoqueront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai provoqué tu auras provoqué il/elle aura provoqué nous aurons provoqué vous aurez provoqué ils/elles auront provoqué Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je provoquerais tu provoquerais il/elle provoquerait nous provoquerions vous provoqueriez ils/elles provoqueraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais provoqué tu aurais provoqué il/elle aurait provoqué nous aurions provoqué vous auriez provoqué ils/elles auraient provoqué Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je provoque tu provoques il/elle provoque nous provoquions vous provoquiez ils/elles provoquent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie provoqué tu aies provoqué il/elle ait provoqué nous ayons provoqué vous ayez provoqué ils/elles aient provoqué Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je provoquai tu provoquas il/elle provoqua nous provoquâmes vous provoquâtes ils/elles provoquèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus provoqué tu eus provoqué il/elle eut provoqué nous eûmes provoqué vous eûtes provoqué ils/elles eurent provoqué 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.