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tailler: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je taille tu tailles il/elle taille nous taillons vous taillez ils/elles taillent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai taillé tu as taillé il/elle a taillé nous avons taillé vous avez taillé ils/elles ont taillé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je taillais tu taillais il/elle taillait nous taillions vous tailliez ils/elles taillaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais taillé tu avais taillé il/elle avait taillé nous avions taillé vous aviez taillé ils/elles avaient taillé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je taillerai tu tailleras il/elle taillera nous taillerons vous taillerez ils/elles tailleront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai taillé tu auras taillé il/elle aura taillé nous aurons taillé vous aurez taillé ils/elles auront taillé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je taillerais tu taillerais il/elle taillerait nous taillerions vous tailleriez ils/elles tailleraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais taillé tu aurais taillé il/elle aurait taillé nous aurions taillé vous auriez taillé ils/elles auraient taillé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je taille tu tailles il/elle taille nous taillions vous tailliez ils/elles taillent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie taillé tu aies taillé il/elle ait taillé nous ayons taillé vous ayez taillé ils/elles aient taillé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je taillai tu taillas il/elle tailla nous taillâmes vous taillâtes ils/elles taillèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus taillé tu eus taillé il/elle eut taillé nous eûmes taillé vous eûtes taillé ils/elles eurent taillé 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.