je, tu ਅਤੇ il ਦੇ ਰੂਪ ਇੱਕੋ ਜਿਹੇ ਸੁਣਦੇ ਹਨ (-is, -is, -it)। ਬਹੁਵਚਨ ਵਿੱਚ -iss- ਸਾਫ਼ ਸੁਣਦਾ ਹੈ, ਇਹੀ ਫ਼ਰਕ ਹੈ।
| Person | Presentnow, habits | Passé composécompleted past | Imparfaitongoing past | Futur procheabout to | Futur simplewill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| je | agissounds the same as another form in this tense | ai agi | agissaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais agir | agiraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | agissounds the same as another form in this tense | as agisounds the same as another form in this tense | agissaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas agirsounds the same as another form in this tense | agirassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | agitsounds the same as another form in this tense | a agisounds the same as another form in this tense | agissaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va agirsounds the same as another form in this tense | agirasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | agissons | avons agi | agissions | allons agir | agironssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | agissez | avez agi | agissiez | allez agir | agirezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | agissent | ont agi | agissaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont agir | agirontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. agis covers both "I act" and "I am acting" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and agi does not — ai agi.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so agissons gives you agissais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; agir never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on agir-, which is just the infinitive, so only the endings are new.
Three more forms worth knowing
Not among the five TEF/TCF-scored tenses above, but common past A1–A2.
Passé récentjust happened
| je | viens d'agir |
|---|---|
| tu | viens d'agir |
| il/elle | vient d'agir |
| nous | venons d'agir |
| vous | venez d'agir |
| ils/elles | viennent d'agir |
Impératifcommands — no je/il/ils form
| tu | agis |
|---|---|
| nous | agissons |
| vous | agissez |
Gérondifwhile doing — one invariant form
en agissant
What this table tells you about agir
The past participle is agi, and it takes avoir in the passé composé — so it never changes shape, whoever the subject is. No agreement to remember here.
The futur simple is built on agir-, which is just the infinitive — the endings are the whole story, nothing new to learn for this tense.
In the present, je, tu and il/elle are one sound: agis, agit — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous, vous and ils/elles carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know agissons you already know agissais, agissait and agissaient. Futur proche keeps agir untouched.