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sembler: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je semble tu sembles il/elle semble nous semblons vous semblez ils/elles semblent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai semblé tu as semblé il/elle a semblé nous avons semblé vous avez semblé ils/elles ont semblé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je semblais tu semblais il/elle semblait nous semblions vous sembliez ils/elles semblaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais semblé tu avais semblé il/elle avait semblé nous avions semblé vous aviez semblé ils/elles avaient semblé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je semblerai tu sembleras il/elle semblera nous semblerons vous semblerez ils/elles sembleront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai semblé tu auras semblé il/elle aura semblé nous aurons semblé vous aurez semblé ils/elles auront semblé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je semblerais tu semblerais il/elle semblerait nous semblerions vous sembleriez ils/elles sembleraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais semblé tu aurais semblé il/elle aurait semblé nous aurions semblé vous auriez semblé ils/elles auraient semblé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je semble tu sembles il/elle semble nous semblions vous sembliez ils/elles semblent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie semblé tu aies semblé il/elle ait semblé nous ayons semblé vous ayez semblé ils/elles aient semblé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je semblai tu semblas il/elle sembla nous semblâmes vous semblâtes ils/elles semblèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus semblé tu eus semblé il/elle eut semblé nous eûmes semblé vous eûtes semblé ils/elles eurent semblé 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.