French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| je | chôme | chômais | chômerai | chômerais | chôme | chômasse | ||
| tu | chômes | chômais | chômeras | chômerais | chômes | chômasses | ||
| il | chôme | chômait | chômera | chômerait | chôme | chômât | ||
| nous | chômons | chômions | chômerons | chômerions | chômions | chômassions | ||
| vous | chômez | chômiez | chômerez | chômeriez | chômiez | chômassiez | ||
| ils | chôment | chômaient | chômeront | chômeraient | chôment | chômassent | ||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai chômé | avais chômé | aurai chômé | aurais chômé | aie chômé | eusse chômé | ||
| tu | as chômé | avais chômé | auras chômé | aurais chômé | aies chômé | eusses chômé | ||
| il | a chômé | avait chômé | aura chômé | aurait chômé | ait chômé | eût chômé | ||
| nous | avons chômé | avions chômé | aurons chômé | aurions chômé | ayons chômé | eussions chômé | ||
| vous | avez chômé | aviez chômé | aurez chômé | auriez chômé | ayez chômé | eussiez chômé | ||
| ils | ont chômé | avaient chômé | auront chômé | auraient chômé | aient chômé | eussent chômé | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| je / j’ | chômai | eus chômé | (tu) | chôme | Present | chômant | ||
| tu | chômas | eus chômé | (nous) | chômons | Past | chômé | ||
| il | chôma | eut chômé | (vous) | chômez | Perfect | ayant chômé | ||
| nous | chômâmes | eûmes chômé | Past imperative | |||||
| vous | chômâtes | eûtes chômé | (tu) | aie chômé | Past infinitive | |||
| ils | chômèrent | eurent chômé | (nous) | ayons chômé | avoir chômé | |||
| (vous) | ayez chômé | |||||||
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When a word ending in a normally silent consonant is followed by a vowel or h muet, that consonant might be transferred onto the next word. This is called a liaison and it’s one of the aspects of French pronunciation that can make it difficult to determine where one word ends and the next begins.