French verb tomber

The tables below show the conjugation of the French verb tomber in the various simple and compound tenses.

See below for notes on the conjugation of tomber

Present

Perfect

je tombe
tu tombes
il/elle tombe
nous tombons
vous tombez
ils/elles tombent

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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

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Imperfect

Pluperfect

je tombais
tu tombais
il/elle tombait
nous tombions
vous tombiez
ils/elles tombaient

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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

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Future

Future-perfect

je tomberai
tu tomberas
il/elle tombera
nous tomberons
vous tomberez
ils/elles tomberont

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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

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Conditional

Conditional perfect

je tomberais
tu tomberais
il/elle tomberait
nous tomberions
vous tomberiez
ils/elles tomberaient

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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

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Present subjunctive

Perfect subjunctive

je tombe
tu tombes
il/elle tombe
nous tombions
vous tombiez
ils/elles tombent

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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

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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.

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