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terminer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je termine tu termines il/elle termine nous terminons vous terminez ils/elles terminent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai terminé tu as terminé il/elle a terminé nous avons terminé vous avez terminé ils/elles ont terminé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je terminais tu terminais il/elle terminait nous terminions vous terminiez ils/elles terminaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais terminé tu avais terminé il/elle avait terminé nous avions terminé vous aviez terminé ils/elles avaient terminé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je terminerai tu termineras il/elle terminera nous terminerons vous terminerez ils/elles termineront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai terminé tu auras terminé il/elle aura terminé nous aurons terminé vous aurez terminé ils/elles auront terminé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je terminerais tu terminerais il/elle terminerait nous terminerions vous termineriez ils/elles termineraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais terminé tu aurais terminé il/elle aurait terminé nous aurions terminé vous auriez terminé ils/elles auraient terminé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je termine tu termines il/elle termine nous terminions vous terminiez ils/elles terminent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie terminé tu aies terminé il/elle ait terminé nous ayons terminé vous ayez terminé ils/elles aient terminé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je terminai tu terminas il/elle termina nous terminâmes vous terminâtes ils/elles terminèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus terminé tu eus terminé il/elle eut terminé nous eûmes terminé vous eûtes terminé ils/elles eurent terminé 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.