trouver: Conjugation

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

PresentPerfect

jetrouve
tutrouves
il/elletrouve
noustrouvons
voustrouvez
ils/ellestrouvent
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j'ai trouvé
tuas trouvé
il/ellea trouvé
nousavons trouvé
vousavez trouvé
ils/ellesont trouvé
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ImperfectPluperfect

jetrouvais
tutrouvais
il/elletrouvait
noustrouvions
voustrouviez
ils/ellestrouvaient
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j'avais trouvé
tuavais trouvé
il/elleavait trouvé
nousavions trouvé
vousaviez trouvé
ils/ellesavaient trouvé
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FutureFuture-perfect

jetrouverai
tutrouveras
il/elletrouvera
noustrouverons
voustrouverez
ils/ellestrouveront
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j'aurai trouvé
tuauras trouvé
il/elleaura trouvé
nousaurons trouvé
vousaurez trouvé
ils/ellesauront trouvé
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ConditionalConditional perfect

jetrouverais
tutrouverais
il/elletrouverait
noustrouverions
voustrouveriez
ils/ellestrouveraient
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j'aurais trouvé
tuaurais trouvé
il/elleaurait trouvé
nousaurions trouvé
vousauriez trouvé
ils/ellesauraient trouvé
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Present subjunctivePerfect subjunctive

jetrouve
tutrouves
il/elletrouve
noustrouvions
voustrouviez
ils/ellestrouvent
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j'aie trouvé
tuaies trouvé
il/elleait trouvé
nousayons trouvé
vousayez trouvé
ils/ellesaient trouvé
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Past historicPast anterior

jetrouvai
tutrouvas
il/elletrouva
noustrouvâmes
voustrouvâtes
ils/ellestrouvèrent
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j'eus trouvé
tueus trouvé
il/elleeut trouvé
nouseûmes trouvé
vouseûtes trouvé
ils/elleseurent trouvé
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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:

1. Outside the regular -er paradigm, only aller, être and naître have past participles ending in .
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.