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voler: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je vole tu voles il/elle vole nous volons vous volez ils/elles volent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai volé tu as volé il/elle a volé nous avons volé vous avez volé ils/elles ont volé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je volais tu volais il/elle volait nous volions vous voliez ils/elles volaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais volé tu avais volé il/elle avait volé nous avions volé vous aviez volé ils/elles avaient volé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je volerai tu voleras il/elle volera nous volerons vous volerez ils/elles voleront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai volé tu auras volé il/elle aura volé nous aurons volé vous aurez volé ils/elles auront volé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je volerais tu volerais il/elle volerait nous volerions vous voleriez ils/elles voleraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais volé tu aurais volé il/elle aurait volé nous aurions volé vous auriez volé ils/elles auraient volé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je vole tu voles il/elle vole nous volions vous voliez ils/elles volent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie volé tu aies volé il/elle ait volé nous ayons volé vous ayez volé ils/elles aient volé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je volai tu volas il/elle vola nous volâmes vous volâtes ils/elles volèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus volé tu eus volé il/elle eut volé nous eûmes volé vous eûtes volé ils/elles eurent volé 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.