je, tu, il ਅਤੇ ils ਦੇ ਰੂਪ ਇੱਕੋ ਜਿਹੇ ਸੁਣਦੇ ਹਨ — -e, -es ਅਤੇ -ent ਸਾਰੇ ਚੁੱਪ ਹਨ। ਸਿਰਫ਼ nous (-ons) ਅਤੇ vous (-ez) ਵੱਖਰੇ ਸੁਣਾਈ ਦਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ।
| Person | Presentnow, habits | Passé composécompleted past | Imparfaitongoing past | Futur procheabout to | Futur simplewill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| je | ajoutesounds the same as another form in this tense | ai ajouté | ajoutaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vais ajouter | ajouteraisounds the same as another form in this tense |
| tu | ajoutessounds the same as another form in this tense | as ajoutésounds the same as another form in this tense | ajoutaissounds the same as another form in this tense | vas ajoutersounds the same as another form in this tense | ajouterassounds the same as another form in this tense |
| il/elle | ajoutesounds the same as another form in this tense | a ajoutésounds the same as another form in this tense | ajoutaitsounds the same as another form in this tense | va ajoutersounds the same as another form in this tense | ajouterasounds the same as another form in this tense |
| nous | ajoutons | avons ajouté | ajoutions | allons ajouter | ajouteronssounds the same as another form in this tense |
| vous | ajoutez | avez ajouté | ajoutiez | allez ajouter | ajouterezsounds the same as another form in this tense |
| ils/elles | ajoutentsounds the same as another form in this tense | ont ajouté | ajoutaientsounds the same as another form in this tense | vont ajouter | ajouterontsounds the same as another form in this tense |
Now, and habits. ajoute covers both "I add" and "I am adding" — French has no separate continuous form.
A completed past action. avoir conjugates and ajouté does not — ai ajouté.
An ongoing or habitual past. Built on the nous-present stem, so ajoutons gives you ajoutais.
About to happen. aller conjugates; ajouter never moves — the easier future to produce under pressure.
Will happen. Built on ajouter-, 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'ajouter |
|---|---|
| tu | viens d'ajouter |
| il/elle | vient d'ajouter |
| nous | venons d'ajouter |
| vous | venez d'ajouter |
| ils/elles | viennent d'ajouter |
Impératifcommands — no je/il/ils form
| tu | ajoute |
|---|---|
| nous | ajoutons |
| vous | ajoutez |
Gérondifwhile doing — one invariant form
en ajoutant
What this table tells you about ajouter
The past participle is ajouté, 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 ajouter-, which is just the infinitive — the endings are the whole story, nothing new to learn for this tense.
In both the present and the imparfait, je, tu, il/elle and ils/elles are one sound: ajoute, ajoutes, ajoutent — indistinguishable spoken. Only nous and vous carry an audible ending.
The imparfait is built on the nous-present stem, so once you know ajoutons you already know ajoutais, ajoutait and ajoutaient. Futur proche keeps ajouter untouched.