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riposter: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je riposte tu ripostes il/elle riposte nous ripostons vous ripostez ils/elles ripostent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai riposté tu as riposté il/elle a riposté nous avons riposté vous avez riposté ils/elles ont riposté Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je ripostais tu ripostais il/elle ripostait nous ripostions vous ripostiez ils/elles ripostaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais riposté tu avais riposté il/elle avait riposté nous avions riposté vous aviez riposté ils/elles avaient riposté Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je riposterai tu riposteras il/elle ripostera nous riposterons vous riposterez ils/elles riposteront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai riposté tu auras riposté il/elle aura riposté nous aurons riposté vous aurez riposté ils/elles auront riposté Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je riposterais tu riposterais il/elle riposterait nous riposterions vous riposteriez ils/elles riposteraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais riposté tu aurais riposté il/elle aurait riposté nous aurions riposté vous auriez riposté ils/elles auraient riposté Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je riposte tu ripostes il/elle riposte nous ripostions vous ripostiez ils/elles ripostent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie riposté tu aies riposté il/elle ait riposté nous ayons riposté vous ayez riposté ils/elles aient riposté Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je ripostai tu ripostas il/elle riposta nous ripostâmes vous ripostâtes ils/elles ripostèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus riposté tu eus riposté il/elle eut riposté nous eûmes riposté vous eûtes riposté ils/elles eurent riposté 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.