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rencontrer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je rencontre tu rencontres il/elle rencontre nous rencontrons vous rencontrez ils/elles rencontrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai rencontré tu as rencontré il/elle a rencontré nous avons rencontré vous avez rencontré ils/elles ont rencontré Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je rencontrais tu rencontrais il/elle rencontrait nous rencontrions vous rencontriez ils/elles rencontraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais rencontré tu avais rencontré il/elle avait rencontré nous avions rencontré vous aviez rencontré ils/elles avaient rencontré Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je rencontrerai tu rencontreras il/elle rencontrera nous rencontrerons vous rencontrerez ils/elles rencontreront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai rencontré tu auras rencontré il/elle aura rencontré nous aurons rencontré vous aurez rencontré ils/elles auront rencontré Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je rencontrerais tu rencontrerais il/elle rencontrerait nous rencontrerions vous rencontreriez ils/elles rencontreraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais rencontré tu aurais rencontré il/elle aurait rencontré nous aurions rencontré vous auriez rencontré ils/elles auraient rencontré Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je rencontre tu rencontres il/elle rencontre nous rencontrions vous rencontriez ils/elles rencontrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie rencontré tu aies rencontré il/elle ait rencontré nous ayons rencontré vous ayez rencontré ils/elles aient rencontré Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je rencontrai tu rencontras il/elle rencontra nous rencontrâmes vous rencontrâtes ils/elles rencontrèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus rencontré tu eus rencontré il/elle eut rencontré nous eûmes rencontré vous eûtes rencontré ils/elles eurent rencontré 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.