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rechercher: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je recherche tu recherches il/elle recherche nous recherchons vous recherchez ils/elles recherchent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai recherché tu as recherché il/elle a recherché nous avons recherché vous avez recherché ils/elles ont recherché Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je recherchais tu recherchais il/elle recherchait nous recherchions vous recherchiez ils/elles recherchaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais recherché tu avais recherché il/elle avait recherché nous avions recherché vous aviez recherché ils/elles avaient recherché Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je rechercherai tu rechercheras il/elle recherchera nous rechercherons vous rechercherez ils/elles rechercheront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai recherché tu auras recherché il/elle aura recherché nous aurons recherché vous aurez recherché ils/elles auront recherché Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je rechercherais tu rechercherais il/elle rechercherait nous rechercherions vous rechercheriez ils/elles rechercheraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais recherché tu aurais recherché il/elle aurait recherché nous aurions recherché vous auriez recherché ils/elles auraient recherché Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je recherche tu recherches il/elle recherche nous recherchions vous recherchiez ils/elles recherchent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie recherché tu aies recherché il/elle ait recherché nous ayons recherché vous ayez recherché ils/elles aient recherché Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je recherchai tu recherchas il/elle rechercha nous recherchâmes vous recherchâtes ils/elles recherchèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus recherché tu eus recherché il/elle eut recherché nous eûmes recherché vous eûtes recherché ils/elles eurent recherché 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.