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relever: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je relève tu relèves il/elle relève nous relevons vous relevez ils/elles relèvent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai relevé tu as relevé il/elle a relevé nous avons relevé vous avez relevé ils/elles ont relevé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je relevais tu relevais il/elle relevait nous relevions vous releviez ils/elles relevaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais relevé tu avais relevé il/elle avait relevé nous avions relevé vous aviez relevé ils/elles avaient relevé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je relèverai tu relèveras il/elle relèvera nous relèverons vous relèverez ils/elles relèveront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai relevé tu auras relevé il/elle aura relevé nous aurons relevé vous aurez relevé ils/elles auront relevé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je relèverais tu relèverais il/elle relèverait nous relèverions vous relèveriez ils/elles relèveraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais relevé tu aurais relevé il/elle aurait relevé nous aurions relevé vous auriez relevé ils/elles auraient relevé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je relève tu relèves il/elle relève nous relevions vous releviez ils/elles relèvent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie relevé tu aies relevé il/elle ait relevé nous ayons relevé vous ayez relevé ils/elles aient relevé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je relevai tu relevas il/elle releva nous relevâmes vous relevâtes ils/elles relevèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus relevé tu eus relevé il/elle eut relevé nous eûmes relevé vous eûtes relevé ils/elles eurent relevé Pronounce these verb forms

This verb is essentially a regular -er verb like arriver, donner etc, except that the vowel of the stem changes from a schwa (written e and often ellided) to è. The vowel changes occurs:

• Before non-syllabic endings in the present tense (i.e. except in the nous and vous forms);
• Throughout the future and conditional tenses.

(This vowel change is probably driven by the fact that the schwa does not occur in closed syllables in French. Unfortunately syllabification does not fully explain the future and conditional forms since, e.g. a-che-trai and ach'-trai would in terms of syllabification be well-defined.)

For some verbs ending in -eter and -eler, it is not universally agreed whether to adopt the e grave spelling as given here, or to double the l or t. For a full discussion of this issue, see my discussion of the spelling of -eter and -eler verbs.