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tomber: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je tombe tu tombes il/elle tombe nous tombons vous tombez ils/elles tombent Pronounce these verb forms	je suis tombé(e) tu es tombé(e) il/elle est tombé(e) nous sommes tombé(e)s vous êtes tombé(e)(s) ils/elles sont tombé(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je tombais tu tombais il/elle tombait nous tombions vous tombiez ils/elles tombaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' étais tombé(e) tu étais tombé(e) il/elle était tombé(e) nous étions tombé(e)s vous étiez tombé(e)(s) ils/elles étaient tombé(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je tomberai tu tomberas il/elle tombera nous tomberons vous tomberez ils/elles tomberont Pronounce these verb forms	je serai tombé(e) tu seras tombé(e) il/elle sera tombé(e) nous serons tombé(e)s vous serez tombé(e)(s) ils/elles seront tombé(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je tomberais tu tomberais il/elle tomberait nous tomberions vous tomberiez ils/elles tomberaient Pronounce these verb forms	je serais tombé(e) tu serais tombé(e) il/elle serait tombé(e) nous serions tombé(e)s vous seriez tombé(e)(s) ils/elles seraient tombé(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je tombe tu tombes il/elle tombe nous tombions vous tombiez ils/elles tombent Pronounce these verb forms	je sois tombé(e) tu sois tombé(e) il/elle soit tombé(e) nous soyons tombé(e)s vous soyez tombé(e)(s) ils/elles soient tombé(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je tombai tu tombas il/elle tomba nous tombâmes vous tombâtes ils/elles tombèrent Pronounce these verb forms	je fus tombé(e) tu fus tombé(e) il/elle fut tombé(e) nous fûmes tombé(e)s vous fûtes tombé(e)(s) ils/elles furent tombé(e)s 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.