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serrer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je serre tu serres il/elle serre nous serrons vous serrez ils/elles serrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai serré tu as serré il/elle a serré nous avons serré vous avez serré ils/elles ont serré Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je serrais tu serrais il/elle serrait nous serrions vous serriez ils/elles serraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais serré tu avais serré il/elle avait serré nous avions serré vous aviez serré ils/elles avaient serré Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je serrerai tu serreras il/elle serrera nous serrerons vous serrerez ils/elles serreront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai serré tu auras serré il/elle aura serré nous aurons serré vous aurez serré ils/elles auront serré Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je serrerais tu serrerais il/elle serrerait nous serrerions vous serreriez ils/elles serreraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais serré tu aurais serré il/elle aurait serré nous aurions serré vous auriez serré ils/elles auraient serré Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je serre tu serres il/elle serre nous serrions vous serriez ils/elles serrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie serré tu aies serré il/elle ait serré nous ayons serré vous ayez serré ils/elles aient serré Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je serrai tu serras il/elle serra nous serrâmes vous serrâtes ils/elles serrèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus serré tu eus serré il/elle eut serré nous eûmes serré vous eûtes serré ils/elles eurent serré 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.