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tirer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je tire tu tires il/elle tire nous tirons vous tirez ils/elles tirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai tiré tu as tiré il/elle a tiré nous avons tiré vous avez tiré ils/elles ont tiré Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je tirais tu tirais il/elle tirait nous tirions vous tiriez ils/elles tiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais tiré tu avais tiré il/elle avait tiré nous avions tiré vous aviez tiré ils/elles avaient tiré Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je tirerai tu tireras il/elle tirera nous tirerons vous tirerez ils/elles tireront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai tiré tu auras tiré il/elle aura tiré nous aurons tiré vous aurez tiré ils/elles auront tiré Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je tirerais tu tirerais il/elle tirerait nous tirerions vous tireriez ils/elles tireraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais tiré tu aurais tiré il/elle aurait tiré nous aurions tiré vous auriez tiré ils/elles auraient tiré Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je tire tu tires il/elle tire nous tirions vous tiriez ils/elles tirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie tiré tu aies tiré il/elle ait tiré nous ayons tiré vous ayez tiré ils/elles aient tiré Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je tirai tu tiras il/elle tira nous tirâmes vous tirâtes ils/elles tirèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus tiré tu eus tiré il/elle eut tiré nous eûmes tiré vous eûtes tiré ils/elles eurent tiré 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.