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rater: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je rate tu rates il/elle rate nous ratons vous ratez ils/elles ratent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai raté tu as raté il/elle a raté nous avons raté vous avez raté ils/elles ont raté Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je ratais tu ratais il/elle ratait nous rations vous ratiez ils/elles rataient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais raté tu avais raté il/elle avait raté nous avions raté vous aviez raté ils/elles avaient raté Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je raterai tu rateras il/elle ratera nous raterons vous raterez ils/elles rateront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai raté tu auras raté il/elle aura raté nous aurons raté vous aurez raté ils/elles auront raté Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je raterais tu raterais il/elle raterait nous raterions vous rateriez ils/elles rateraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais raté tu aurais raté il/elle aurait raté nous aurions raté vous auriez raté ils/elles auraient raté Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je rate tu rates il/elle rate nous rations vous ratiez ils/elles ratent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie raté tu aies raté il/elle ait raté nous ayons raté vous ayez raté ils/elles aient raté Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je ratai tu ratas il/elle rata nous ratâmes vous ratâtes ils/elles ratèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus raté tu eus raté il/elle eut raté nous eûmes raté vous eûtes raté ils/elles eurent raté 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.