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tuer: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je tue tu tues il/elle tue nous tuons vous tuez ils/elles tuent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai tué tu as tué il/elle a tué nous avons tué vous avez tué ils/elles ont tué Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je tuais tu tuais il/elle tuait nous tuions vous tuiez ils/elles tuaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais tué tu avais tué il/elle avait tué nous avions tué vous aviez tué ils/elles avaient tué Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je tuerai tu tueras il/elle tuera nous tuerons vous tuerez ils/elles tueront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai tué tu auras tué il/elle aura tué nous aurons tué vous aurez tué ils/elles auront tué Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je tuerais tu tuerais il/elle tuerait nous tuerions vous tueriez ils/elles tueraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais tué tu aurais tué il/elle aurait tué nous aurions tué vous auriez tué ils/elles auraient tué Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je tue tu tues il/elle tue nous tuions vous tuiez ils/elles tuent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie tué tu aies tué il/elle ait tué nous ayons tué vous ayez tué ils/elles aient tué Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je tuai tu tuas il/elle tua nous tuâmes vous tuâtes ils/elles tuèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus tué tu eus tué il/elle eut tué nous eûmes tué vous eûtes tué ils/elles eurent tué 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.