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saluer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je salue tu salues il/elle salue nous saluons vous saluez ils/elles saluent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai salué tu as salué il/elle a salué nous avons salué vous avez salué ils/elles ont salué Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je saluais tu saluais il/elle saluait nous saluions vous saluiez ils/elles saluaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais salué tu avais salué il/elle avait salué nous avions salué vous aviez salué ils/elles avaient salué Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je saluerai tu salueras il/elle saluera nous saluerons vous saluerez ils/elles salueront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai salué tu auras salué il/elle aura salué nous aurons salué vous aurez salué ils/elles auront salué Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je saluerais tu saluerais il/elle saluerait nous saluerions vous salueriez ils/elles salueraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais salué tu aurais salué il/elle aurait salué nous aurions salué vous auriez salué ils/elles auraient salué Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je salue tu salues il/elle salue nous saluions vous saluiez ils/elles saluent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie salué tu aies salué il/elle ait salué nous ayons salué vous ayez salué ils/elles aient salué Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je saluai tu saluas il/elle salua nous saluâmes vous saluâtes ils/elles saluèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus salué tu eus salué il/elle eut salué nous eûmes salué vous eûtes salué ils/elles eurent salué 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.